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Texas reaches agreement with dental supply company over anti-competition allegations
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Aug. 7 that his office has reached an agreement with Henry Schein Dental over anti-competitive conduct allegations. -
Texas obtains final judgment against company that allegedly violated consumer protection laws
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced July 17 that his office has obtained a final judgment and permanent injunction against Samara Portfolio Management LLC, Law Office of Joseph Onwuteaka PC and Joseph O. Onwuteaka, for allegations of violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices—Consumer Protection Act (DTPA), Texas Debt Collection Act and the Identity Theft Protection and Enforcement Act (ITPA). -
State attorney general to appeal decision in Texas Department of Criminal Justice case
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced July 19 that he is disappointed in a federal judge’s decision to rule in favor of state inmates who sued the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDJC) over summer heat conditions at the Wallace Park Unit northwest of Houston. -
Texas settles with online contact lens distributor over deceptive trade allegations
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced June 21 that THEG Inc, an online contact lens distributor and wholesaler doing business as Fine and Clear, will pay $36,000 after allegations of violating the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and the Texas Optometry Act. -
Texas settles with travel service business for $75,000
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced June 22 that Joseph Brandon Shirley and Randy Lee Gardner, operators of travel service businesses in the state, will pay $74,995 in consumer restitution, civil penalties and attorney fees after allegations of violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and other state statutes. -
Texas urges appeals court to declare federal government not in compliance with NWPA
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced June 2 that his office has led a motion that asks the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to declare that the federal government is not in compliance with the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA). -
Texas urges EPA administrator to reconsider Obama-era regulations
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced May 19 that his office sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asking the agency to suspend, review and reconsider Obama-era EPA regulations that Texas challenged in 12 lawsuits. -
Texas, multistate coalition dismiss lawsuit against Stream Protection Rule
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced May 2 that his office has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Texas and 12 other states against the Stream Protection Rule enacted in the closing days of the Obama administration. -
Appeals court backs Texas' stay of EPA power plant rule
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has lauded a ruling made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which leaves intact Texas’ stay of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Regional Haze Rule. -
Texas challenges federal rule on underground gas storage facilities
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a petition challenging a final rule imposed by the federal Department of Transportation’s Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). -
Texas AG sues federal agencies over nuclear waste storage
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against several federal agencies for allegedly violating the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA). -
Texas attorney general challenges federal methane gas rule
Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, filed a motion on March 21 to intervene in a lawsuit challenging a new rule by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). -
Texas leads 11-state coalition urging EPA to suspend methane-related information requests
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced March 1 that he is leading an 11-state coalition urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to suspend its information collection request related to existing oil and gas facilities. -
Texas files amicus brief in Supreme Court case involving patent infringement
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Feb. 6 that he is leading a coalition of 17 states in filing an amicus brief in the Supreme Court over where patent owners can file claims. -
MB2 Dental Solutions in Texas to pay $8.45 million after allegedly violating federal, state laws
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Jan. 12 that MB2 Dental Solutions (MB2) and 21 affiliated pediatric dental practices have agreed to pay $8.45 million after allegedly violating the federal False Claims Act (FCA) and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act (TMFPA). -
Federal court grants Texas preliminary injunction blocking Obama administration's health rules
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Jan. 1 that a federal court has granted a preliminary injunction blocking the Obama administration’s new federal health rules that force doctors to act contrary to their medical judgment or religious beliefs. -
Texas urges court to knock down race, sex quota for state bar board membership
AUSTIN, Texas (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Dec. 29 that his office has filed an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit challenging racial and sex-based quotas for board membership on the State Bar of Texas. -
Houston's Brothers Market & Meat Mart closes after allegedly violating temporary injunction
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Dec. 14 that Brothers Market & Meat Mart in Houston has been closed after it allegedly violated the terms of a temporary injunction. -
UT law professor calls attorney general's union firefigher contract suit uninformed
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) — Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced a lawsuit against the city of Austin over firefighters who allegedly engaged in union activities at taxpayer expense, but a law professor from the University of Texas in Austin is skeptical of the allegation. -
Texas, 17 other states accuse U.S. over new rules defining 'critical habitats'
MOBILE, Ala. (Legal Newsline) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that Texas and 17 other states have filed a lawsuit against the federal government alleging overreach when it comes to new rules expanding the definition of “critical habitats” for endangered and threatened species.