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Paxton announces settlement with pharma company in deceptive marketing case
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with attorneys general from all other states and the District of Columbia, have reached a $13.5 million settlement with Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. in a complaint over alleged off-label marketing and deceptive claims about four of its prescription drugs. -
Paxton clarifies church concealed carry laws
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton clarified two rules governing concealed carry and security for churches in response to questions posed by the lieutenant governor following a shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs that killed 26 people last November. -
Texas AG issues opinion on guns in churches
AUSTIN – Licensed handgun owners can legally carry loaded weapons into Texas churches that do not have posted signs banning weapons, Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a legal opinion, released Dec. 21. -
Unsealed brief in the criminal indictment against Paxton argues the grand jury process was illegal
AUSTIN – According to a sealed motion recently made public, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion to dismiss the indictment against him for securities fraud, arguing his rights to due process were violated, subverting the grand jury process illegally. -
Paxton participates in three amicus brief coalitions this year supporting Trump travel ban
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been part of coalitions three times this year that filed friend of the court briefs in federal courts in support of President Donald Trump's executive order, or proclamation, enforcing a travel plan on some nations. -
Texas AG joins effort to allow citizens to carry concealed weapons in states where they don’t reside
AUSTIN - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined 23 other states in urging Congress to enact national concealed-carry reciprocity legislation. -
Abbott taps his legal adviser to replace Texas SC justice
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott has announced his general counsel, Jimmy Blacklock, will fill the vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court Justice Don R. Willett will create if confirmed by the Senate for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. -
Texas AG joins coalition supporting Trump’s appointment of temporary CFPB director
AUSTIN – On Nov. 27, Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of five states led by West Virginia in support of President Trump’s authority to appoint temporary leadership at the nation’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau until a permanent director is nominated and confirmed. -
Texas AG's Child Exploitation Unit arrests McCulloch County man for possession of child pornography
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently announced that the Child Exploitation Unit of his office arrested 57-year-old David Ray Gardner, of Brady, on two counts of Possession of Child Pornography, a third-degree felony. -
Paxton prosecutors misled grand jury to secure indictment, according to sealed brief
AUSTIN – A sealed motion has surfaced in the criminal case against Attorney General Ken Paxton, suggesting prosecutors misled the grand jury to secure an indictment. -
Paxton gives opinion on authority concerning court registry accounts
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in an opinion released Nov. 13 said a -
Texas AG files brief urging the Supreme Court to protect prayer at public meetings
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a coalition of 22 states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the practice of lawmaker-led prayer at public meetings. -
Tax appraisal districts cannot move boundary lines between school districts, Paxton opines
AUSTIN – A tax appraisal district cannot unilaterally move a boundary line between two contiguous Texas school districts, such as a state lawmaker alleges happened in Montgomery County in 2016, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a recently issued opinion. -
Paxton's amicus brief in illegal immigrant's abortion battle doesn't change outcome of case
AUSTIN – In an effort to prevent Texas from becoming a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants seeking abortions, Attorney General Ken Paxton headed an eight-state coalition to head off abortion on demand for aliens who are in the United States illegally without success. -
Texas AG files more suits against businesses accused of price gouging during Harvey
AUSTIN – On Nov. 13, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed more price gouging lawsuits against businesses accused of taking advantage of Texans affected by Hurricane Harvey. -
MD Anderson cures discrimination claim, justices find suit not filed within statute of limitations
HOUSTON – A trial court erred by not dismissing a discrimination claim brought against The University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center, an appellate court recently found. -
Texas AG praises Trump and Congress for rescinding ‘unconstitutional’ Arbitration Rule
AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton praised President Trump for signing into law a joint resolution passed by the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives that rescinds the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s “unconstitutional” Arbitration Rule. -
FTC honors Consumer Protection Division with Partner Award
AUSTIN – A federal organization has recognized the Texas Attorney General Consumer Protection Division with an award for its efforts to combat fraud and deception. -
Texas AG files suit over ‘unlawful and discriminatory’ federal child placement law
AUSTIN – On Oct. 26, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court alongside a Texas foster family challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act, which Congress created in 1978. -
Paxton joins bipartisan coalition seeking to preserve states’ oversight of student loan industry
AUSTIN – Joining a bipartisan coalition of 25 states, Attorney General Ken Paxton on Oct. 24 called on U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to reject a campaign by student loan servicers and debt collectors to dismantle state oversight of the student loan industry.