AUSTIN – Trying to use a previously hired lawyer to bring new litigation on behalf of a Texas local government still requires approval from the Texas Attorney General’s Office, AG Ken Paxton opined yesterday.
AUSTIN - Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a historic $26 billion agreement that will bring desperately needed relief to Texans who are struggling with opioid addiction. The agreement includes Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – and Johnson & Johnson, which manufactured and marketed opioids. The agreement also requires significant industry changes that will help prevent this type of crisis from ever happening again.
AUSTIN – Attorney Mark Lanier, who stands to make millions of dollars for his work on Texas’ antitrust lawsuit against Google, has donated $25,000 to Attorney General Ken Paxton, campaign finance records show.
AUSTIN - Determining residency for purposes of the Election Code involves consideration of both a person’s physical presence and current intention to reside in a particular location, according to Attorney General Ken Paxton.
HOUSTON – It’s not a nepotism issue for Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee’s father-in-law to keep providing collection services for the county, according to an opinion issued by Attorney General Ken Paxton.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition demanding protection of students from the Biden Administration’s unlawful expansion of the Supreme Court’s 2020 decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, GA.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauds a recent Supreme Court of Texas ruling that Facebook can be held liable for the actions of sex traffickers who use its platform to recruit and prey on children.
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 23-state amicus brief, urging the United States Supreme Court to reverse the disturbing decision by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals that barred the Kentucky Attorney General from defending a state law that prohibits the gruesome abortion procedure known as dilation and evacuation, which involves dismembering an unborn child in the womb, while still alive.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton is applauding the Texas Supreme Court's decision to protect Academy Sports and Outdoors from liability in the devastating Sutherland Springs church shooting in 2017.
AUSTIN – There may be some good news for Texas attorneys who no longer wish to fund the state Bar’s ideological agenda, as a challenge to mandatory Oklahoma Bar dues has been reinstated.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a preliminary injunction motion to force the Biden Administration to comply with Title 42, a law designed to prevent illegal aliens who threaten public health from entering the U.S., a press release states.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against “Blessings in No Time” for promoting a pyramid scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic, scamming tens of millions of dollars from the African American community in Texas and nationwide.
AUSTIN — Today, Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC endorsed Eva Guzman, who resigned from the Texas Supreme Court earlier this month, in her campaign for Texas Attorney General.
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 14-state coalition in defense of religious liberty in a case in which the state of New York sought to punish a photographer, Emilee Carpenter, who chose to not accept bookings for same-sex weddings.
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of 24 states urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a New Jersey law that violates the Second Amendment by banning firearms with magazines that hold more than 10 bullets.
AUSTIN – Attorney Mark Lanier stands to make millions of dollars for his work on Texas’ antitrust lawsuit against Google – billable time that Attorney General Ken Paxton apparently doesn’t think is any of the public’s business.
HOUSTON – The First Court Appeals affirmed today a lower court ruling opting not to reinstate an age discrimination suit against the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a motion to intervene in Florida’s case against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for their series of unlawful orders that brought the cruise industry to a halt, a press release states.
