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TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton: Local Governments Must Allow the Sale of Firearms
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued a legal opinion following a request from Representative Dustin Burrows regarding the sales of firearms in Texas municipalities and counties. -
AG Paxton: Governor’s order halting unnecessary medical procedures, including abortion, must be enforced
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed for immediate appellate review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to enforce Governor Abbott’s Executive Order (GA 09) postponing any unnecessary medical procedures to preserve desperately needed medical supplies for the health professionals combating the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton: State Government Offices and Agencies Should Remain Fully Operational During COVID-19 Disaster Declaration
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a letter explaining that political subdivisions may not restrict the ability of State agencies, agents and contractors from providing governmental services, including travel to and from their places of employment. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: Health Care Professionals and Facilities, Including Abortion Providers, Must Immediately Stop All Medically Unnecessary Surgeries and Procedures to Preserve Resources to Fight COVID-19 Pandemic
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned all licensed health care professionals and all licensed health care facilities, including abortion providers, that, pursuant to Executive Order GA 09 issued by Gov. Greg Abbott, they must postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not immediately medically necessary. -
Texas AG brings price-gouging suit against Auctions Unlimited, accuses company of taking advantage during COVID-19 emergency
HOUSTON – Just last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned retailers that state law strictly prohibits price gouging, promising to take action against any price-gouger selling necessities at an excessive price during the COVID-19 emergency. -
Texas AG asked to let state workers know they don't have to pay union dues if they don't want to
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — A nonprofit instrumental in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding union fees is urging Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to adopt is recommendations concerning right to work laws and forced union membership. -
Texas AG Office says it cannot approve opioid contract between Simon Greenstone and Kendall County – county a target for bellwether
HOUSTON – Even though Kendall County has been sighted for an opioid bellwether trial, a contingent fee contract between the county and its attorneys has not been approved, according to documents obtained by The Record. -
Texas AG Paxton: Retail supply chains will be held liable for price gouging
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a stern warning to retail suppliers, including those who supply grocery stores and pharmacies, that state law strictly prohibits price gouging in the wake of a declared disaster. -
Texas AG Paxton approves College Station's reduced hold time on items bought by pawnshops
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued an opinion as to whether the state's Pawnshop Act preempts municipal regulation of dealers. -
Texas AG reminds Texans to be aware of cyber scams during Coronavirus emergency
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton continues to caution Texans about scams emerging during the statewide Coronavirus disaster declaration announced by Governor Abbott last Friday. -
Texas AG rejects Mark Lanier opioid suit, law firm representing Tarrant County Hospital District
HOUSTON – While it’s no secret that dozens upon dozens of Texas municipalities have filed opioid lawsuits, what’s not commonly known is not all of those counties, cities, and even hospital districts had a contingent fee contract approved before the law changed late last year. -
Texas AG Paxton co-leads letter opposing exorbitant attorneys’ fees request by plaintiffs’ lawyers in opioid litigation
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 36 states in filing an amicus letter, arguing that the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio should reject a request by a few plaintiffs’ lawyers to get paid a disproportionate amount of attorneys’ fees in the opioid litigation that will result in a reduction of funds available to provide treatment and relief to victims of the opioid crisis. -
Texas AG announces bipartisan, multistate investigation into JUUL’s marketing practices
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that his office is leading a bipartisan, 39-state investigation into JUUL Labs, which manufactures and markets e-cigarettes. -
Hey, Californians, don’t come to Texas – unless you plan to stay!
California is banning travel to Texas? Seriously? Are they banning relocation, too? That could be a problem. For them, not us, because the flood of exiles will just keep growing. -
Texas AG: California’s travel ban undermines national unity, punishes those who respect religious liberty
AUSTIN – On Monday, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an original action against the State of California in the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to strike down California’s travel ban for states that uphold First Amendment protections for religious liberty. -
The dark fantasies of climate change activists
When are the California municipalities suing ExxonMobil over the alleged effects of climate change going to trot out Greta Thunberg as a star witness? -
Texas appeals court remands public information case over denied elder abuse doc access back to Travis County court
AUSTIN (SE Texas Record) — The case of a woman suing Texas state agencies, including a division of the state Attorney General's office, over denial of documents in her elder abuse and civil rights investigation is on its way back to a Travis County court. -
Texas justices grant ExxonMobil’s motion for leave in climate change case, motion brought in response to New York ruling
FORT WORTH – Last January, an appellate court heard arguments on whether ExxonMobil can use Texas courts to pursue counter-litigation against the public officials and private lawyers who teamed up to sue the oil industry in California over the alleged effects of climate change. -
Snapka Law Firm sues Texas AG’s Office, seeks to keep congressman’s cut from lawsuit under wraps
AUSTIN – Rather than comply with a decision from the state’s chief attorney, a Corpus Christi law firm sued the Texas Attorney General’s Office – a move aimed at keeping how much trial lawyers, including a sitting member of Congress, profited from a construction defect lawsuit filed by Hidalgo County under wraps.
