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AG-elect continues to tap Sen. Cruz staff for team members
Attorney General-elect Ken Paxton has bolstered his team with more members once under U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. -
More states join Texas in suit against Obama's immigration action
Last week Texas led the way in filing a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration. Now seven more states have followed the lead, bringing the total to 24 states claiming the president is violating the Constitution. -
Texas governor-elect announces staff appointments
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the soon to be next Republican governor of Texas, on Monday announced the names of his fellow Texans who will bolster his incoming administration. -
AG charges Houston-based 'diploma mill' with fraud
HOUSTON – A Harris County district court issued a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against a Houston-based learning center charged with unlawfully marketing and selling fraudulent high school diplomas. -
Texas leads multi-state suit over Obama's executive order on immigration
Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that Texas is leading a 17-state coalition that is suing the Obama administration over the president’s executive action on immigration. -
Texas stops online scheme that claimed to offer 'free' credit scores but charged monthly fees
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott resolved the State’s enforcement action against the operators of an online scheme that violated the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. -
Texas Times: A Texas Town with an Abundance of Books
Take State Highway 79 southbound out of Wichita Falls and, after about 30 miles of wide-open countryside, you’ll find yourself in Archer City, Texas. Home to some 2,000 souls, you might say it takes a certain amount of bravado to call yourself a city. Then again, this little town on the Texas prairie knows something about artistic license. -
Lampson, Weber present platforms at Beaumont Chamber forum
Congressional candidates Republican Randy Weber and Democrat Nick Lampson had an opportunity to present their platforms at a forum Tuesday sponsored by the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce. -
(FOR PRINT) Texas AG Abbott resolves claims against BlueHippo
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced an agreed judgment on Friday against a now-bankrupt Maryland telemarketer that allegedly engaged in the unlawful marketing of personal computers to low-income consumers. -
Avandia settlement worth $90M
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Thirty-eight state attorneys general announced a $90 million agreement on Thursday with GlaxoSmithKline to resolve allegations of unlawful drug promotion of Avandia. -
Small banks and credit unions brace for more Dodd-Frank impact
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Abbott, Cornyn to address Cattle Raisers convention
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and others are among speakers scheduled for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association annual convention. -
Texas AG looking into cancer group spending
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FEMA denies additional funds to aid town of West after explosion
When the West Fertilizer Co. exploded in April, it leveled the facility and left a hole 93 feet deep, destroyed a school and a nursing home, damaged 150 buildings, killed 15 people and injured hundreds. But the federal government has failed to declare it a disaster. -
Federal judge tosses Dodd-Frank challenge; plaintiffs say they will appeal
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. -
Five state AGs to protest hydraulic fracturing rules
HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) — Montana Attorney General Tim Fox announced Thursday that his state has joined four others in protest of a re-proposed rule regarding the regulation of hydraulic fracturing operations on federal and Indian lands. -
Abbott Meets with Warriors on Wheels during their 500-Mile Ride across Texas
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott recently met with members of the Warriors on Wheels Ride Texas Team. The warriors – made up of active duty, retired personnel and civilians – gathered at the State Capitol before beginning the fourth day of their six-day ride across Texas. The riders started in Wichita Falls and will ride a total of 500 miles, ending in Corpus Christi. The purpose of the -
Dallas tax preparer indicted for fraud; told clients they were applying for 'stimulus money'
With the help of the Port Arthur Police Department, the Internal Revenue Service and the Better Business Bureau, a Dallas tax preparer has been indicted for fraud. -
Fifth Circuit: Whistleblowers didn’t blow whistle properly, entitled to nothing from criminal penalty
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – Two whistleblowers won’t share in a once-$43 million penalty against a husband and wife who have been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding the federal government by submitting false claims at their pain clinics. -
***FOR PRINT: Abbott packs Beaumont cafe during stop on gubernatorial campaign
Vietnam veteran Garry Trinkle wanted to hear Greg Abbott when he stopped in Beaumont, but he didn’t expect the gubernatorial candidate to call him out of the crowd.