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UPDATE: Attorney General’s Office Releases Identities of the Decedent and Waterford Police Officer Involved in Fatal Crash in Atco, N.J., on November 23, 2023
The Attorney General’s Office identified the decedent and officer who were involved in a fatal crash in which a police vehicle struck a pedestrian in the Atco section of Waterford, New Jersey, on November 23, 2023. -
Attorney General Platkin Co-Leads Multistate Amicus Brief to Uphold Laws Restricting Gun Magazine Capacity
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today that they co-led a coalition of 15 other attorneys general in supporting the state of California’s efforts to restrict the capacity of large-capacity magazines (LCMs) within its borders. -
Lawsuit challenging 'unconstitutional' New Jersey donor law moves forward
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A legal action over a New Jersey statute ordering the disclosure of donors to organizations involved in a wide range of political activities and information-gathering is moving forward with a status conference due to take place next month. -
New Jersey's new fraud alert law is being challenged in court
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) — The Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) is suing New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal over the state's newly enacted law relating to consumer reporting agencies and the disclosing of free consumer report file information and disclosures in various languages after a fraud alert. -
There are bigger problems than PFAS, group for clean water says as Senate attempts regulation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Last week, a U.S. Senate committee strengthened one of the many bills that attempt to regulate chemicals known as PFAS, as critics continue to fight the idea that enough is known about them to pass legislation. -
ExxonMobile faces 6-count suit over alleged industrial contamination at New Jersey site
TRENTON — ExxonMobil faces a six-count lawsuit from the state of New Jersey alleging the company's years of industrial contamination has harmed the state's wetlands and waterways. -
New Jersey settles with online brokerage firm accused of using three-time convicted felon
TRENTON — An online brokerage firm accused of being a part of defrauding investors in a scam that lost about $4.5 million in trading within a two-month period has agreed to a settlement with New Jersey's Division of Consumer Affairs and the Bureau of Securities. -
NEW JERSEY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE: Interactive Brokers Agrees to Pay New Jersey Bureau of Securities $100,000 Penalty to Settle Failure to Supervise Findings
he Division of Consumer Affairs and the Bureau of Securities (“the Bureau”) announced that online brokerage Interactive Brokers, LLC (Interactive) has agreed to pay a $100,000 civil penalty and, if necessary, to revise its account opening procedures to resolve a Bureau investigation related to a financial scam perpetrated on Interactive’s online trading platform. -
New Jersey, Pennsylvania oppose Justice Department's reversal for online gambling
TRENTON — New Jersey Attorney General Gubir Grewal is opposing a recent opinion issued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that reverses the department's nearly decade-old opinion of applying federal criminal law to state-sanctioned online gambling and is investigating the suspected role of lobbying efforts in the DOJ reversal. -
New Jersey couple allegedly sold at least $1.9 million in unregistered securities to investors
TRENTON — A New Jersey couple faces a lawsuit by the state's attorney general and Division of Consumer Affairs for allegedly selling loans and at least $1.9 million in unregistered securities to investors throughout five states. -
NEW JERSEY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE: AG Grewal: States Reach $575 Million Agreement with Wells Fargo New Jersey to Receive About $17 Million in Settlement
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that New Jersey is among the states joining a settlement agreement with Wells Fargo Bank that resolves allegations the company engaged in a variety of sales, lending, and other improper business practices for more than a decade. -
New Jersey files 8 lawsuits against alleged polluters as part of 'environmental justice initiative'
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently filed eight lawsuits as part of what they call their "environmental justice initiative" designed to target polluters in low-income and minority areas. -
New Jersey nursing home settles charges of repeatedly hanging up on deaf women
TRENTON — Atrium Post Acute Care of New Jersey, which allegedly kept hanging up the phone on a deaf women using a relay service, has agreed to settle the charges, according to the New Jersey Attorney General's Office. -
New Jersey accuses Johnson & Johnson subsidiary of deceptively marketing opioids
TRENTON — The state of New Jersey is suing Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, following an investigation by the state's Attorney General's Office alleging deceptive marketing practices of known highly addictive opioid drugs. -
New Jersey to pay $2.4 million, officially recognize Nanticoke-Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation
TRENTON, N.J. — The state of New Jersey will pay the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation $2.4 million according to a settlement regarding the state's official acceptance of the 3,000-member American Indian Tribe, said the state's Attorney General's Office. -
NEW JERSEY ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE: Defunct Georgia Vendor Responsible for Exposing Virtua Medical Group Patient Files Online Agrees to $200,000 Settlement
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs announced a $200,000 settlement with a now-defunct Georgia company responsible for a 2016 security lapse that allowed the public to view online patient records belonging to more than 1,650 individuals treated by doctors associated with Virtua Medical Group (“VMG”), a southern New Jersey network of medical and surgical practices. -
New Jersey attorney general blasts IRS' elimination of longtime donor reporting rule
TRENTON — New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is calling on the Trump administration to explain its recent elimination of a 47-year donor reporting rule requiring social welfare organizations to identify their donors and any so called "dark money" spent on political activity to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). -
New Jersey settles allegations Aetna disclosed protected health information through mailing
TRENTON, N.J. — The state of New Jersey has reached a settlement with Aetna, Inc., over allegations the company disclosed protected health information including HIV/AIDS status and individuals' participation in medical studies. -
Software developer settles charges it exposed personal information data
NEWARK — The state of New Jersey has reached a settlement agreement with a data management software developer to resolve charges that the company allowed unauthorized public Internet access to a database of more than 100 auto dealerships customers' and employees' personal information. -
New Jersey trucking company settles charges it fired employee for sleep apnea
TRENTON — A New Jersey trucking company, P. Judge & Sons, Inc., accused of firing an employee diagnosed with sleep apnea despite having medical clearance to continue his job duties, has been ordered to pay a $30,000 settlement.