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• ***FOR PRINT *** Abbott files opening brief in tailpipe challenge

  By Bryan Cohen | Tuesday, Jun 7, 2011 @ 3:00am

  Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Monday that the state of Texas has filed an opening brief in a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's Tailpipe Rule on the behalf of nine states.

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• Victim of debit card fraud sues company under the Electronic Financial Transactions Act

  By Michelle Keahey, East Texas Bureau | Monday, Jun 6, 2011 @ 5:18pm

  SHERMAN - Claiming she is a victim of debit card fraud, a Denton County resident is suing the company that provides Texas debit cards for child support from the office of the Texas Attorney General.

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• States file brief supporting health care challenge

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 4:56am

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• Texas SC orders $1.3M refund to seismic data company

  By Steve Korris | Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 3:54am

  Medina AUSTIN � Texas overtaxed seismic scientists at TGS-NOPEC Geophysical in Houston by $1,394,748, Supreme Court Justices ruled on May 27.

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• Legally Speaking: Hardly a 'Class' Act

  By John G. Browning | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 4:36am

  We've all gotten them in the mail�the densely-written legal notices in tiny print advising us that we may be among the members of a class action currently pending in some far-off federal court.

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• Abbott gets TRO against dietary supplements marketer

  By Bryan Cohen | Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 6:44am

  Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that he has obtained a temporary restraining order against two companies that allegedly unlawfully market and dispense dietary supplements.

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• **** FOR PRINT ****Abbott gets TRO against dietary supplements marketer

  By Bryan Cohen | Monday, May 9, 2011 @ 6:41am

  Abbott AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that he has obtained a temporary restraining order against two companies that allegedly unlawfully market and dispense dietary supplements.

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• Senate affirms trial lawyer's nomination to federal judgeship

  By John O'Brien | Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 3:29am

  WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - After more than a year, the controversial nomination of trial lawyer Jack McConnell by President Barack Obama has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

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• ****FOR PRINT**** States file brief in ObamaCare challenge

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 3:25am

  Abbott ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Twenty-six states have filed a brief that urges a federal appeals court to strike down President Barack Obama's federal health care law as unconstitutional.

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• States file brief in ObamaCare challenge

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 3:20am

  Abbott ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Twenty-six states have filed a brief that urges a federal appeals court to strike down President Barack Obama's federal health care law as unconstitutional.

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• Abbott participates in Human Trafficking Advocacy Day

  By The SE Texas Record | Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 5:55am

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• U.S. Attorney's Office announces new website page dedicated to DOJ priorities, initiatives

  By The SE Texas Record | Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 2:42pm

  Bales

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• How To Protect Sensitive Data After an Internet Security Breach

  By The SE Texas Record | Monday, May 2, 2011 @ 8:35am

  by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott

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• Hood files scathing brief in BP MDL

  By Steve Korris | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 @ 6:37am

  Hood Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is arguing that citizens of his state are incapable of resolving their oil spill claims, according to Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Kenneth Feinberg.

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• ***FOR PRINT ONLY *** Hood files scathing brief in BP MDL

  By Steve Korris | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 @ 6:35am

  Hood Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is arguing that citizens of his state are incapable of resolving their oil spill claims, according to Gulf Coast Claims Facility administrator Kenneth Feinberg.

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• U.S. Supreme Court: Texas protected from monetary damages by sovereign immunity in prisoner's religious freedom lawsuit

  By Steve Korris | Tuesday, Apr 26, 2011 @ 3:49am

  Thomas WASHINGTON � Texas prison keepers interfered with Harvey Sossamon's exercise of religion, but the state doesn't owe him a cent, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled on April 20.

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• LIT immune from trip-and-fall suit, appeals court rules

  By David Yates | Tuesday, Apr 19, 2011 @ 11:14am

  Texas justices seated on the Ninth Court of Appeals recently determined a local judge did not err in granting the Lamar Institute of Technology immunity in a trip-and-fall lawsuit.

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• EDTX crime unit recognized by DOJ for assistance to victims

  By The SE Texas Record | Tuesday, Apr 12, 2011 @ 5:22am

  Holder WASHINGTON � The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Texas was recently recognized by the Department of Justice for its work on behalf of crime victims.

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• Texas judge denies AG's request for injunction in text message case

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Monday, Apr 11, 2011 @ 9:39am

  Abbott AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) -- A Texas district judge last week denied, in part, a request for a temporary injunction by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott against a company for allegedly using premium text message services to defraud wireless customers in the state.

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• ***FOR PRINT ***Texas judge denies AG's request for injunction in text message case

  By Jessica M. Karmasek | Monday, Apr 11, 2011 @ 6:17am

  AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) -- A Texas district judge last week denied, in part, a request for a temporary injunction by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott against a company for allegedly using premium text message services to defraud wireless customers in the state.

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