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AG Paxton applauds SCOTUS decision protecting cross at veterans memorial
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a cross may continue to mark a World War I veterans memorial in Bladensburg, Maryland -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton: HHS Proposes Rule that Would Protect Healthcare Conscience Rights, and Undo Unlawful Obamacare Rule that Texas Successfully Challenged
Trump administration opened the public comment period on its potential repeal of an unlawful Obama-era health care regulation that redefined sex discrimination to include gender identity and abortion. -
Free the lawyers!
Early this month, several Texas attorneys filed suit against the State Bar Board of Directors, arguing that being obliged to pay dues to the bar violates their First Amendment rights. State Attorney General Ken Paxton has since filed a brief in support of that suit. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Commends Governor Abbott’s Appointment of Assistant Texas Solicitor General Kristofer Monson to Chief Administrative Law Judge
Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded Governor Greg Abbott’s appointment of current Texas Assistant Solicitor General Kristofer Monson to Chief Administrative Law Judge for the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH). The Chief Administrative Law Judge oversees SOAH, which is a forum for the conduct of adjudicative hearings in the executive branch of state government. -
Court affirms dismissal of case regarding Texas Southern building
HOUSTON -- A Houston university that sued architects, alleging a faulty design of a campus building, has suffered a loss in court. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Applauds President Trump’s Nomination of Texas Deputy First Assistant Attorney General Brantley Starr to a U.S. District Court in Dallas
Attorney General Ken Paxton today commended President Trump’s nomination of current Texas Deputy First Assistant Attorney General Brantley Starr to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Announces Start of Wells Fargo Consumer Redress Review Program
Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the start of Wells Fargo’s consumer redress review program, which is a key requirement of the bank’s recent $575 million settlement with Texas, 49 other states and the District of Columbia over violations of consumer protection laws. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Recovers Record $236 Million for Texas in Medicaid Fraud Settlement
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Xerox Corporation and several of its former subsidiaries – including Conduent, Inc. – agreed to a $235.9 million settlement. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Seeks Court Enforcement of Settlement Agreement Against Tobacco Companies to Obtain Over $125 Million for Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a U.S. District Court to enforce terms of the Texas tobacco settlement agreement requiring major cigarette companies to pay more than $125 million to the state of Texas. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Announces $120 Million Settlement with Johnson & Johnson for Falsely Marketing Hip Replacement Devices
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas will receive $8.5 million as part of a $120 million multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit resolving alleged unfair and deceptive marketing of two hip replacement devices. -
Texas AG announces $575M settlement with Wells Fargo
AUSTIN– On Dec. 28, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Wells Fargo Bank N.A. will pay $575 million to resolve claims that the bank violated consumer protection laws in Texas, 49 other states and the District of Columbia through alleged unfair and deceptive trade practices. -
Recreational vehicle park guests could be tenants for eviction purposes, Paxton says
AUSTIN – An agreement between an RV park and a guest staying at the park's premises may establish a landlord-tenant relationship, Attorney General Ken Paxton says. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: Consumer Protection Division Attorneys Receive Rising Star Award for Obtaining $25 Million in Illegal Debt Collection Lawsuit
The Texas Attorney General’s Office today announced that Consumer Protection Division Assistant Attorneys General Rick Berlin and Stephanie Eberhardt received the prestigious Rising Star award from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC). -
Titus County sues Texas AG following opinion ordering opioid time and expense records released
AUSTIN – For the past year, numerous Texas counties pursuing opioid litigation against pharmaceutical giants have been subject to open records requests. The requests have sought a wide-range of information, including attorney solicitation emails, contract details with outside counsel and, in some cases, even time and expense records. -
Facing complaints of excessive fees, Texas counties release billing records of their opioid lawyers for free
Texas counties that demanded tens of thousands of dollars to provide billing records from outside attorneys representing them in opioid lawsuits have mostly agreed to hand them over for free -
Paxton addresses legal disclosure obligations in question sent by Tarrant County attorney
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton responded on Sept. 24 to a request by Tarrant County’s Criminal District Attorney Sharen Wilson to clarify the legal disclosure obligations of her office under article 39.14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. -
Texas AG reaches $148M settlement with Uber for data breach
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton and his counterparts from 49 other states and the District of Columbia on Sept. 26 announced a $148 million settlement with California-based ride-sharing company Uber Technologies, Inc. over its one-year delay in reporting a data breach regarding Uber drivers. -
Delta County tries to finesse the Public Information Act
Our state’s Public Information Act wouldn’t be worth much if governmental bodies did not suffer any consequences for purposely ignoring valid information requests from the public or were not penalized for intentionally providing inadequate responses. -
Texas AG finds county violated state law in request for opioid lawyers' billing records
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has found that a Texas County has violated state law by refusing to comply with a request for the billing records of private attorneys the county hired to sue opioid manufacturers and distributors -
Contingency-fee contracts for opioid suits could be invalidated
In response to revelations during our state’s tobacco litigation in the 1990s about the excessive contingency fees awarded and the political payoffs that accompanied them, and the subsequent conviction and imprisonment of former Texas Attorney General Dan Morales for illegally attempting to divert $500 million in fees to a friend, Texas legislators overhauled the rules applying to government agencies hiring outside lawyers.