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Texas AG announces $620M collected by Bankruptcy and Collections Division during tenure
AUSTIN –Attorney General Paxton has announced that the Bankruptcy and Collections Division of the Office of the Texas Attorney General has collected a total of $51,573,667 for fiscal year 2022, outstripping its $50 million goal for that time period, a press release states. -
Mark Lanier donates $25K to Texas AG, attorney was hired by Paxton to sue Google
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. -
Texas AG unwilling to fork over time & expense records of outside counsel working on Google litigation
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. -
Legitimacy of contracts Paxton signed with outside counsel to sue Google called into question
AUSTIN – For every hour Mark Lanier spends litigating an antitrust lawsuit against Google, he stands to make as much as $3,780 per hour – thanks to a potentially lucrative deal the Houston attorney signed with the state of Texas. -
Attorney Mark McCaig: Texas should not pay outside lawyers $3,780 per hour to sue Google
HOUSTON - Attorney General Ken Paxton agreed to pay outside lawyers as much as $3,780 per hour to sue Google – a questionable arrangement that fails to protect taxpayers, says one area attorney. -
Texas Senate passes bill to tighten state spending limit
AUSTIN – On July 26, the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 9 by Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills) to tighten the state spending cap formula and keep future budgets in check. -
Texas lawmaker makes bid for AG official
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) — Texas lawmaker Dan Branch made his bid for state attorney general official this week. -
Texas judiciary faces massive budget cuts; layoffs possible for Ninth Court of Appeals
McKeithen In a move to cut $1.2 billion from the 2010-2011 biennial budget, Texas leaders on May 18 directed the Legislative Budget Board to notify state agencies that budget savings proposals requested by leadership earlier this year should be implemented.