The legal battle over transgender bathroom rights continued in Texas this week, with Attorney General Ken Paxton joining two colleagues in asking the Obama administration for clarification on its recent letter to schools regarding the issue.
AUSTIN – Texas House Bill 2, which was enacted in 2013 and
deals with the safety and availability of abortion clinics in the state,
returned to the spotlight earlier this year with arguments made by the Texas
Attorney General’s Office before the U.S. Supreme Court in March in defense of
a lawsuit directly tied to the provisions of the law.
AUSTIN - Texas’ highest court upheld the state’s public funding system as constitutional on Friday, opining that it’s not the judiciary’s role to “second-guess whether our system is optimal.” Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statement calling the ruling “a victory for Texas taxpayers and the Texas Constitution.” “The Supreme Court's decision ends years of wasteful litigation by correctly recognizing that courts do not have the authority to micromanage the state's school finance system,” Abbott said.
AUSTIN — More than two dozen insurance and risk management students at six Texas universities were awarded scholarships by the Insurance Council of Texas Education Foundation.
AUSTIN — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared victory following the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision that states may base election districts on the total population, rather than just eligible voters.
A McKinney, Texas-based investment firm named in a felony indictment against Attorney General Ken Paxton was issued a $90,000 fine for fraud and plagiarism by the Texas State Securities Board on March 18.
Communities in southeast Texas are returning to assess damage to their homes and businesses this week following heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding of major rivers including the Sabine, Neches and Trinity Rivers.
AUSTIN—California state legislators and lawsuit reform supporters marched in front of the State Capitol Building last week advocating for changes to the criminal justice system’s rules regarding lawsuits.
AUSTIN – On March 21 Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Ryan Larson of Hutto as judge of the 395th Judicial District Court in Williamson County for a term set to expire at the next general election in November 2016.
AUSTIN – On March 21 Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a warning to Spanish-speaking consumers, alerting them to scam artists posing as debt collectors calling on behalf of government entities.
AUSTIN – On March 14 Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that a federal court granted Texas’ intervention in a case against the Bureau of Land Management, which seeks to establish recognition of Texas boundary by challenging federal encroachment on Lone Star land near the Red River.
AUSTIN— On March 7 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the U.S. Supreme Court denied Apple’s request to review a lower court decision, clearing the way for the distribution of $400 million to U.S. consumers who paid artificially-inflated prices for e-books.
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a case about the state’s regional haze issues.
AUSTIN - A federal Texas judge recently tossed an email patent lawsuit against Facebook, finding that the plaintiff’s claims of infringement were more “abstract” than substantial.
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Shawn Sparrow and reappointed James Scott and Brad Taylor for terms to expire on Aug. 22, 2017, to the Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners.
