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SCOTUS denies Apple’s request to review E-books price-fixing case
AUSTIN— On March 7 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the U.S. Supreme Court denied Apple’s request to review a lower court decision, clearing the way for the distribution of $400 million to U.S. consumers who paid artificially-inflated prices for e-books. -
Texas attorney general claims EPA's regional haze ruling is expensive and unnecessary
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a suit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a case about the state’s regional haze issues. -
Texas receives support from three states in lawsuit opposing portions of Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that three more states have joined his office’s lawsuit against the Obamacare rule that mandates states pay taxes on Medicaid managed care organizations. -
Texas Lt. Gov. asks AG to advise on prayer in the courtroom
AUSTIN – Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has requested an advisory opinion from Attorney General Ken Paxton on the constitutionality of a volunteer justice court chaplaincy program and prayer given as part of the opening ceremonies. -
Thank you, Justice Scalia
Story Copy One of the last acts of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia before his death last week was to explain high court’s majority view in granting a stay of the implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan, pending the outcome of a challenge now being considered by the U.S. -
Paxton: States have no legal obligation to comply with halted Clean Power Plan
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, joined by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, says states should understand they have no legal obligation to continue spending funds to comply with a suspended and likely unlawful Clean Power Plan. -
Texas AG announces multistate settlement with Moneygram
AUSTIN – On Feb. 11 Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement with Dallas-based MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc., resolving a multistate investigation focused on MoneyGram’s role in transferring money from consumers to people defrauding them. -
U.S. SC sides with states, halts EPA’s Clean Power Plan
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with nearly 30 states in granting a stay of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan. -
Texas AG reaches $470M joint state-federal settlement with HSBC
AUSTIN – On Feb. 5 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $470 million joint state-federal settlement with lender HSBC to address mortgage origination, servicing and foreclosure abuses. -
Texas Attorney General calls out daily fantasy sports as prohibited gambling
AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton announced earlier this month that daily fantasy sports leagues constitute prohibited gambling in Texas, adding to the recent onslaught of allegations against the online sports community. -
AGs want U.S. SC to stay EPA’s Clean Power Plan
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, along with officials from 30 other states and state agencies, are now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to put the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan on hold. -
Texas latest state to frown upon fantasy sport gambling
AUSTIN– Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released an advisory opinion on Jan. 19 essentially stating fantasy sport gambling is illegal under Texas law. According to section 47.02 of the Penal Code, a person commits an offense if he or she makes a bet on the partial or final result of a game or contest or on the performance of a participant in a game or contest. “Because the outcome of games in daily fantasy sports leagues depends partially on chance, an individual's payment of a fee to parti -
Texas AG Paxton appeals judge’s decision for criminal case to proceed; Charges ‘cast a cloud’ over political future, political analyst says
Attorneys for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an appeal on New Year’s Eve, challenging a judge’s decision that the criminal case against him should proceed. -
Clay Dugas initiates ‘defeat device’ suit against Volkswagen
BEAUMONT – Local attorney Clay Dugas is representing an area resident in a “defeat device” suit against Volkswagen. A defeat device, as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is any apparatus that unduly reduces the effectiveness of emissions control systems under conditions a vehicle may reasonably be expected to experience. Through Dugas, Victor Fulton filed his suit Jan. 12 in Jefferson County District Court. -
Settlement forces ‘high-pressure’ dating service to close, pay at least $30K
A Massachusetts-based dating service website has been ordered to close its Texas locations and pay damages as part of a settlement reached Nov. 24. -
Abbott, Paxton react to Obama’s executive actions on gun control
AUSTIN – Gov. Greg Abbott, who frequently sued the Obama Administration as attorney general, had a few words for the president on Tuesday, Jan. 5, after he announced his plans for executive actions on gun control. -
RadioShack reimburses gift card holders after bankruptcy settlement
AUSTIN – After declaring bankruptcy, RadioShack will now begin the process of compensating consumers for unused gift cards. -
Texas, other states push for stay of EPA Clean Power Plan
AUSTIN — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton have joined 25 other states asking a federal appeals court to stay the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Clean Power Plan.” The response comes two months after many of those same states sued the EPA, arguing the Power Plan drastically reshuffles the nation’s energy portfolio and does so without congressional authority. Morrisey's office says the bipartisan multi-state coalition believes the harm -
AG Paxton’s opinion on METRO’s involvement in Uptown Houston Transit Project
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion in response to a query on the authority of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) to participate in the Uptown Houston Transit Project. Paxton’s Dec. 14 letter to Senator Nichols addressed the legality of METRO participating in the Uptown Houston Transit Project, also known as the Post Oak Boulevard Dedicated Bus Lanes Project, or “Project,” based on METRO’s 2003 contract with voters. In the letter, Paxton concluded that -
Texas A&M seeks to dismiss law grad diploma suit
Texas A&M is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought by law graduates from Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, who allege they are due new diplomas after a college merger Seeking more than $5 million in damages, Kristen Brown and several other TWU grads filed their suit against A&M, Dean Andrew Morriss, TWU and President Frederick Slabach on Aug. 11 in the U.S.