Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Joins Bi-Par­ti­san Coali­tion of Attor­neys Gen­er­al Rais­ing Con­cerns About Ille­gal Online Alco­hol Sales

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today joined a bipartisan coalition of 47 state and territory Attorneys General, led by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Maine Attorney General Aaron M. Frey, in calling on Facebook, Craigslist, and eBay to take proactive measures against alcohol sales on their platforms, which frequently violate state laws.

October 22, 2019 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Files State­ment Oppos­ing Unjust, Blan­ket Bail Sys­tem in Houston

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton yesterday filed a statement with the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, opposing a consent decree the parties plan to enter in O’Donnell v. Harris County.

October 22, 2019 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Announces $116.9 Mil­lion Mul­ti­state Set­tle­ment with John­son & John­son, Ethicon, Inc. for Decep­tive Mar­ket­ing of Sur­gi­cal Mesh Med­ical Devices

Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced a $116.9 million multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary Ethicon, Inc. for deceptively marketing transvaginal surgical mesh devices.

October 18, 2019 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Leads Mul­ti-State Coali­tion Win in Law­suit to Pro­tect Tex­ans and Physi­cians from Oba­macare Mandate

Attorney General Ken Paxton today applauded the United States District Court for declaring unlawful a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regulation that redefined discrimination on the basis of “sex” to include “gender identity” and “termination of pregnancy.”

October 15, 2019 | Press Release

AG Paxton’s Child Exploita­tion Unit Makes Child Pornog­ra­phy Arrest in Whar­ton County

Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that on Wednesday the Child Exploitation Unit (CEU) of his office arrested 37-year-old Jeremiah Joshua Pace, of El Campo, Texas, on one count of Possession of Child Pornography.

October 11, 2019 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton: The EPA’s Ozone Rule Would Impose Cost­ly and Unnec­es­sary Reg­u­la­tions on San Antonio

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office today argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final action designating Bexar County a nonattainment area for the 2015 national ambient air quality standards for ground-level ozone.

October 09, 2019 | Press Release

Texas Attor­ney Gen­er­al Argues at Fifth Cir­cuit in Defense of State Laws Pro­tect­ing Women’s Health and the Unborn

Attorneys from Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office today urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reverse a U.S. District Court decision enjoining a Mississippi law that generally restricts non-emergency abortions to the first 15 weeks of a woman’s pregnancy.

October 07, 2019 | Press Release

Texas Joins 20-State Coali­tion in Sup­port of Afford­able Ener­gy Plan

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of 20 states in supporting the Trump Administration’s Affordable Clean Energy rule against a court challenge by Democrat attorneys general.

September 13, 2019 | Press Release

Office of the Attor­ney Gen­er­al and the Texas Depart­ment of Licens­ing and Reg­u­la­tion Announce Part­ner­ship to Pro­tect Motor Fuel Con­sumers from Unsafe or Low Qual­i­ty Fuels

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) and the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) today announced their offices are partnering to protect consumers from the sale of contaminated or inferior quality motor vehicle fuel.

September 13, 2019 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pax­ton Leads 50 Attor­neys Gen­er­al in Google Mul­ti­state Bipar­ti­san Antitrust Investigation

Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that Texas is leading 50 attorneys general in a multistate, bipartisan investigation of tech giant Google’s business practices in accordance with state and federal antitrust laws.

September 09, 2019 | Press Release