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Texas AG supports new redistricting maps
2/6/2012 6:57 PM By John O'Brien

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AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is pleased with the latest proposed redistricting maps.

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Texas AG's Risperdal settlement worth $158M
1/20/2012 9:43 AM By John O'Brien
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has settled his lawsuit against Janssen Pharmaceutical over the marketing of its prescription antipsychotic drug Risperdal.

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Texas AG's Risperdal suit goes to trial
1/11/2012 9:33 AM By John O'Brien
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's case against Janssen Pharmaceutical over its prescription antipsychotic drug Risperdal was scheduled to go to trial Tuesday.

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Appeals court grants stay of new pollution rule
1/3/2012 9:31 AM By Bryan Cohen
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced a decision on Friday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to grant the state's request to stay the cross-state air pollution rule.
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Texas senators want Abbott to weigh-in on tax break
12/20/2011 11:34 AM By Jessica M. Karmasek
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Two Texas state senators are asking Attorney General Greg Abbott for his opinion on a pollution control tax break for a San Antonio-based refinery.

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Texas AG pushes to avoid interim redistricting maps
12/6/2011 9:31 AM By John O'Brien
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says the federal Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is delaying preclearance of his state's redistricting maps.

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Texas AG challenges redistricting plan
11/28/2011 12:47 PM By Jessica M. Karmasek
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott says he plans to file an emergency stay with the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday challenging redistricting maps drawn by a panel of federal judges in San Antonio.

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BP to pay Texas $50 million for illegal emissions
11/3/2011 3:17 PM By Jessica M. Karmasek
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said Thursday that BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to pay the State $50 million for illegal emissions following an explosion and fire at its Texas City refinery.

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Texas AG suspends ATV dealer's license
10/27/2011 2:31 PM By Bryan Cohen
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott on Tuesday announced the resolution of an enforcement action against a New Braunfels-based ATV dealer and its owners.

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Abbott asked to consider suing mortgage company
10/27/2011 2:30 PM By Bryan Cohen
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) - The Texas county that includes Houston said Tuesday it planned to ask state Attorney General Greg Abbott to consider suing Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. over allegedly unpaid filing fees.

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Texas AG, weight loss clinics come to agreements
10/27/2011 2:27 PM By Bryan Cohen
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced agreements on Thursday with several weight loss clinics and a distributor of a weight loss product in Texas requiring that the companies significantly alter their marketing.

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