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Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces Barclays’ Ineligibility to Participate in Texas’s Bond Market For its Inability to Verify its “ESG” Policies Do Not Violate Texas Law
The Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”), announced that Barclays would no longer be permitted to underwrite Texas’s municipal bonds after failing to respond to requests for information concerning its “net zero” carbon emissions commitments. -
Texas AG looks to Supreme Court to shut down depositions in suit with former employees
AUSTIN - Attorney General Paxton will look to the Texas Supreme Court to stop depositions from going forward in litigation brought by four former employees, according to a press release. -
School board can allow school marshals to duty belt carry their firearm, Texas AG opines
HOUSTON - Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion yesterday finding that a court would likely conclude that the Education Code authorizes a board of trustees to adopt regulations that allow a school marshal to duty belt carry a handgun. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Responds to Biden Administration’s Demand that Texas “Cease and Desist” Securing its Border
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has responded to a cease-and-desist letter sent by the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) demanding that Texas end its enhanced border security measures in Eagle Pass’s Shelby Park. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Releases Statement Ending Litigation with Former Employees
Last year, Attorney General Paxton was fully exonerated by the state legislature following an impeachment trial that was engineered by his political enemies. -
SCOTUS to review Trump ballot eligibility case
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined 26 other attorneys general in an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing against a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Donald Trump from the ballot in the upcoming presidential primary election in that state. -
Texas Appeals Ruling That Would Cripple State’s Ability to Settle Lawsuits
The Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) has appealed a recent ruling in a case involving former agency employees, noting that the decision would cripple the state’s ability to settle lawsuits. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Announces $700 Million Settlement with Google for Anticompetitive Practices
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with attorneys general from all states and several territories, has secured a $700 million agreement with Google over anticompetitive conduct concerning the Google Play Store. -
Texas AG announces $700 million settlement with Google for alleged anticompetitive practices
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, along with attorneys general from all states and several territories, has secured a $700 million agreement with Google over alleged anticompetitive conduct concerning the Google Play Store, a press release states. -
Statement on the Third Anniversary of Jason Landry’s Disappearance
Three years ago this week, a Texas college student named Jason Landry disappeared. Attorney General Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit wish to reaffirm their unwavering commitment to this investigation and to pursuing all credible information received from the public. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Opposes HHS Rule Discriminating Against Religious Foster Care Providers
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined two comment letters to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) opposing a proposed rule that forces state foster care programs and providers to “affirm” radical gender ideology for youth under their care, threatening to remove faith-based providers from the foster care system. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Secures 14-Year Prison Sentence for Home Health Fraudster and Over $11 Million in Restitution
Audu Ozigi was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and four counts of healthcare fraud for falsifying patient files and fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid for home health services. -
AG opinion addresses multiple court coordinators in multi-county judicial districts
AUSTIN - A Texas court would likely conclude that the Government Code authorizes the appointment of a single court coordinator per court, even in a multi-county judicial district, according to Attorney General Ken Paxton. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Responds to Travis County TRO
The Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) granted by the Travis County district judge purporting to allow an abortion to proceed will not insulate hospitals, doctors, or anyone else, from civil and criminal liability for violating Texas’ abortion laws. -
Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Pfizer for Misrepresenting COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy and Conspiring to Censor Public Discourse
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Pfizer, Inc., for unlawfully misrepresenting the effectiveness of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine and attempting to censor public discussion of the product. -
Texas Attorney General launches investigation into Media Matters for potential fraudulent activity
Attorney General Ken Paxton has initiated an investigation into progressive “media watchdog” Media Matters for America over allegations of potential fraudulent activity. -
Attorney General Paxton sues U.S. State Department for allegedly conspiring to censor American media companies
AUSTIN – The State of Texas and media companies The Daily Wire and The Federalist have sued the U.S. Department of State, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and other government officials for engaging in a conspiracy to censor, deplatform, and demonetize American media outlets disfavored by the federal government, a press release states. -
Texas AG secures administrative stay preventing destruction of border barriers
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured an administrative stay that will prevent the federal government from destroying Texas’s concertina wire fencing along the United States-Mexico border while the case continues to work its way through the courts, a press release states. -
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announces The Fights for Christian Baker Who Faces Another Totalitarian Attack on His Religious Beliefs
Attorney General Paxton filed a multistate amicus brief in the Colorado Supreme Court to defend Jack Phillips, who runs the Masterpiece Cakeshop, after he was wrongfully brought to court again for allegedly violating Colorado’s anti-discrimination law. Phillips has now spent the past decade defending his First Amendment rights. -
Attorney General of Texas announces Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: February 1 – 15, 2023
Attorney General of Texas announces Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round-Up: February 1 – 15, 2023.