Recent News About Texas Secretary Of State
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HOUSTON – Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee sent the Office of the Texas Secretary of State a demand for documents under the Texas Public Information Act regarding the SOS’s purported “forensic audit” of the November 2020 election in certain counties, including Harris County.
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HOUSTON – Late Sunday the League of Women Voters of Texas joined ACLU Texas to file a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit aimed at invalidating more than 120,000 drive-thru votes cast for Tuesday’s election.
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AUSTIN - Gov. Greg Abbott’s order to restrict each county in Texas to one secure ballot drop box is unconstitutional and a direct act of voter suppression, a lawsuit filed today against Abbott and Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs argues.
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BEAUMONT – A year after his suicide, the e-signature of John Steven Mostyn has appeared on a document recently filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of Texas.
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BEAUMONT – A consumer alleges a debt collector mailed him a confusing letter regarding the name of the original creditor.
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TEXARKANA – Midlothian resident Barbara Wilde has launched a class action complaint against Ocean Canyon Properties, Inc., accusing the company of misrepresenting the costs and benefits and making inadequate and inaccurate disclosures regarding a camping resort membership it sold to her and many other similarly situated consumers.
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AUSTIN – On April 17, Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion finding that a court is likely to conclude that election judges are public officers and must take the constitutional oath of office, in addition to the statutory election officer's oath.
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SHERMAN – A Collin County man has filed a lawsuit in the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas, alleging unfair debt collection practices against several debt collectors and insurance companies.
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HOUSTON — A Tomball man is suing a Houston business owner, alleging breach of contract and fraud.
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A Houston nightspot has sued several media outlets and two journalists for allegedly defaming its owner.
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HOUSTON – Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm with offices across the United States, recently added 30 lawyers from the major international firm Beirne Maynard and Parsons. Akerman LLP is well known for work in the financial services sector.
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A Florida woman who is running for President of the United States alleges that the State of Texas’ law requiring an independent candidate to obtain between 79,939 signatures of registered voters who did not vote in the March 1, 2016 presidential primary is preventing her from selecting a running mate, a lawsuit filed against Texas Secretary of State Carlos Cascos in Houston federal court says.
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A Galveston County man is suing an investment company and its agents alleging default loan payments.
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AUSTIN- Texas voters sent a message that road improvements are important for economic development, safety and quality of life, the state's transportation agency said.
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AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Two Republican candidates embattled in an upcoming run-off election recently had their coffers stuffed with a $100,000 donation from a political action committee.
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A Beaumont law firm is seeking more time to prevent a Utah company from transferring mail containing sensitive information that it received by accident.
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GALVESTON - A retired ophthalmologist initiated litigation against his fellow shareholders and their Galveston practice for what he asserts is "oppression of a minority shareholder."
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SHERMAN - After attempting to collect a debt from a Collin County resident, a Virginian law firm has been sued for not paying the appropriate bond with the Texas Secretary of State in violation of federal law.