Matt Platkin Archives

Suit claims marijuana firm illegally highjacking Pleasantville Alternative Treatment Center

December 22, 2020 3:25 pmDecember 23, 2020 2:43 pm

This story was updated at 2:42 p.m. on Dec. 23 with information from iAnthus’s reply brief, which was filed after this story was published. Two marijuana firms are embroiled in a legal fight over the ownership of a Pleasantville cultivation...

Platkin to depart as Murphy’ chief counsel

September 16, 2020 6:00 pmSeptember 16, 2020 6:22 pm

Matt Platkin is leaving his post as chief counsel to Gov. Phil Murphy next month to join a private law firm. Platkin will become a partner at Lowenstein Sandler, a New Jersey-based national law firm. He is expected to depart...

Murphy declines to endorse, condemn deputy attorney general’s call for election monitors in campaign headquarters

August 19, 2020 3:52 pmAugust 19, 2020 4:04 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether he agreed with a deputy attorney general’s call for election monitors to be placed inside of certain campaign headquarters and track campaign workers to ensure a fair November election in Paterson. “I have...

Late-arriving ballots won’t need postmark in grace period’s first 48 hours

August 14, 2020 5:38 pm

New Jersey voters won’t need to have their ballots postmarked so long as they reach election officials within the two days following election day. As part of the general election plan announced Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy said late-arriving mail-in ballots...

General election plan closely mirrors primary

August 14, 2020 3:17 pmAugust 14, 2020 10:23 pm

Rules for New Jersey’s general election announced by Gov. Phil Murphy Friday closely resemble those used for last month’s primaries. Every registered voter in the state will receive a postage pre-paid mail-in ballot — such ballots will be mailed in...

Murphy, legislative leaders in talks on early voting

August 7, 2020 3:02 pmAugust 9, 2020 8:23 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration and top Democrats in the legislature are in talks over early voting, and hopes are high that the system could be in place in time for this year’s general elections. “If it were to come to...

Murphy gives hybrid primary high early marks

July 10, 2020 2:34 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy thinks Tuesday’s primaries went well, though he said he wouldn’t be fully certain until counts are completed. “I still don’t have the complete answer,” he said. “As you know, we extended the period to seven days from...