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Past and present Texas Bar presidents trade letters over ‘unprecedented’ voter ‘suppression’
AUSTIN – A former Texas Bar president is asking the current to withdraw an opinion request made to Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has been called upon to determine if 76,000 “senior” lawyers around the state have the right to vote on the election of Texas Young Lawyers Association officials. -
Texas Law Review Joins the Resistance
I have reminisced at length about my student days at the University of Texas School of Law (here), and also expressed concern about the leftward drift of the Texas Law Review, on whose editorial board I served during 1979-80 (here). Recent events have only heightened my concerns (here). Specifically, on February 7-8, 2019, the TLR is co-hosting (with the left-leaning American Constitution Society) a constitutional law symposium at the law school, entitled “Reclaiming—and Restoring—Constitutional Norms,” that appears to be little more than an anti-Trump political rally. The announcement is here. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Seeks Court Enforcement of Settlement Agreement Against Tobacco Companies to Obtain Over $125 Million for Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton asked a U.S. District Court to enforce terms of the Texas tobacco settlement agreement requiring major cigarette companies to pay more than $125 million to the state of Texas. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Announces $120 Million Settlement with Johnson & Johnson for Falsely Marketing Hip Replacement Devices
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas will receive $8.5 million as part of a $120 million multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit resolving alleged unfair and deceptive marketing of two hip replacement devices. -
Texas AG opinion sought on validity of election process of TYLA president
BEAUMONT – Should approximately 76,000, due-paying attorneys have the right to vote on the election of Texas Young Lawyers Association officials – that’s the question State Bar President Joe Longley is asking Attorney General Ken Paxton to answer. -
AG Paxton announces $120M settlement with Johnson & Johnson, agreement secures $8.5M for Texas
AUSTIN – On Jan, 22, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Texas will receive $8.5 million as part of a $120 million multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit resolving alleged unfair and deceptive marketing of two hip replacement devices. -
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'Deliberately indifferent': student athlete's complaint slams SFA's sexual assault investigation against him
LUFKIN – Richard L. Tate of the law firm Tate Moerer & King, LLP in Richmond has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a former Stephen F. Austin State University student athlete who accuses the East Texas school of conducting an unfair investigation into sexual assault allegations against him. -
Texas, other states reach $1.5 million settlement with Neiman Marcus over data breach
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached a $1.5 million settlement with Dallas-based retailer Neiman Marcus resolving a data breach investigation that started in 2014. -
Paxton: If paper document complies with requirements, county clerk must accept it
AUSTIN – A county clerk must accept a paper document for recording if that document complies with the laws that allow recording, as well as the printed copy of an electronic document can be accepted with an original signature. -
Paxton issues opinion on what extent the Permanent School Fund can be nonspendable
AUSTIN – The Permanent School Fund is nonspendable except for specific distributions and payments that are authorized by the state constitution and it must be classified as such in financial reports, the state attorney general said in a Jan. 7 opinion. -
TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL: AG Paxton Obtains $50 Million in Debt Relief for Texans Victimized by Career Education Corporation
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement with Career Education Corporation (CEC) requiring it to forgo collecting $50 million in debts owed by 6,800 Texas students who were taken advantage of by the for-profit education company’s unfair and deceptive practices. -
Plea to jurisdiction overturned for MD Anderson Cancer Center in PIA case
HOUSTON – The Court of Appeals for the 1st District of Texas overturned an order of the 151st District Court of Harris County related to whether the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has access to information held by the MD Anderson Physicians Network, which was requested by Dr. Michael Fallon, according to a Dec. 20 opinion. -
Texas AG announces $575M settlement with Wells Fargo
AUSTIN– On Dec. 28, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Wells Fargo Bank N.A. will pay $575 million to resolve claims that the bank violated consumer protection laws in Texas, 49 other states and the District of Columbia through alleged unfair and deceptive trade practices. -
Paxton files brief with U.S. Supreme Court over religious liberties case involving Oregon bakers
AUSTIN – Leading a coalition that includes 11 states, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the court to review the case of the two Oregon bakers last month. -
Recreational vehicle park guests could be tenants for eviction purposes, Paxton says
AUSTIN – An agreement between an RV park and a guest staying at the park's premises may establish a landlord-tenant relationship, Attorney General Ken Paxton says. -
Paxton: Legislature, preservation board, historical commission have authority to remove plaque from Capitol
AUSTIN – Only the state legislature, the State Preservation Board and the Texas Historical Commission have the authority to remove a historical plaque from the State Capitol complex, Attorney General Ken Paxton says. -
Education Code prohibits schools from considering a vendor’s relationship with a charter school, Paxton says
AUSTIN – A court of law would conclude that the section 44.043 of the Education Code prohibits schools from taking into account a vendor's relationship with an organization, Attorney General Ken Paxton said. -
TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL: Consumer Protection Division Attorneys Receive Rising Star Award for Obtaining $25 Million in Illegal Debt Collection Lawsuit
The Texas Attorney General’s Office today announced that Consumer Protection Division Assistant Attorneys General Rick Berlin and Stephanie Eberhardt received the prestigious Rising Star award from the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC). -
Paxton: Question regarding TRS investments requires determinations 'beyond the scope' of attorney general opinion
AUSTIN – State Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued an opinion on whether the Teacher Retirement System could invest its assets in universal life insurance policies. -
Titus County sues Texas AG following opinion ordering opioid time and expense records released
AUSTIN – For the past year, numerous Texas counties pursuing opioid litigation against pharmaceutical giants have been subject to open records requests. The requests have sought a wide-range of information, including attorney solicitation emails, contract details with outside counsel and, in some cases, even time and expense records.