SAN ANTONIO - Federal district court judge Xavier Rodriguez issued a verdict yesterday against the U.S. in the amount of $230,000,000 for the government’s role in causing the shooting at Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church on Nov. 5, 2017, a press release states.
Legal scholars continue to explore the frontier of constitutional interpretation, with recent books by Ilan Wurman (The Second Founding; A Debt Against the Living), Kurt Lash (The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship; The Reconstruction Amendments), Randy Barnett (The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment; Our Republican Constitution), and many others.
AUSTIN –Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that he, along with seven other state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration for its abuse of the Central American Minors (CAM) Refugee and Parole Program, a press release states.
AUSTIN - The Texas Windstorm Association is not a state agency subject to a government code prohibiting the use of appropriated funds for lobbying activities, Attorney General Ken Paxton recently opined.
AUSTIN - A Houston attorney is asking the Texas Supreme Court to “condemn” the asserted “political statements” the Second Court of Appeals made in its opinion concerning ExxonMobil’s climate change case.
AUSTIN –Attorney General Paxton filed his third lawsuit against Google, again alleging that the company is systematically misleading and deceiving Texas consumers in violation of Texas’ Deceptive Trade Practices Act, a press release states.
WASHINGTON - The state of Texas has sided against the State Bar of Texas, filing a brief in support of a trio of attorneys asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that members of a mandatory bar cannot be compelled to finance any political or ideological activities with their dues.
AUSTIN - While the California municipalities bringing climate change lawsuits against oil companies are arguing Texas courts lack jurisdiction because of a lack of contacts within the state, ExxonMobil contends their use of “lawfare” has in fact established sufficient contacts “to be held to account here.”
AUSTIN –Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against Google LLC, for engaging in false and misleading practices in violation of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices—Consumer Protection Act, a press release states.
ORANGE - A Nacogdoches family has recovered $8.5 million in settlement funds for a February 2020 crash that claimed a man’s life. The family, represented by Ferguson Law Firm managing partner Paul ‘Chip’ Ferguson, secured the settlement four days before trial in the case was to begin in district court, a press release states.
