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Published on November 17, 2022 - 15:51 GMT

Paxton Expands Investigation into Companies Denying Parents and Guardians Access to Their Children’s Medical Records

Attorney General Paxton has announced that he is expanding the scope of his investigation into hospitals and corporations that are denying parents the ability to access the medicals records of their children by issuing a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”) …

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Published on November 16, 2022 - 21:41 GMT

Paxton Investigates Health Care Industry Schemes to Inflate Insulin Prices

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation into potential violations of law related to the pricing of the life-saving drug Insulin. Insulin prices are exponentially higher in the United States than in other developed countries. In the last two …

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Published on November 10, 2022 - 18:31 GMT

Paxton Investigates Potential Violations of State Law by Zuckerberg-Backed Center for Tech and Civic Life

Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to the Center for Tech and Civil Life (CTCL) as part of an investigation to determine whether the nonprofit solicited donations under the pretext of protecting voters from Covid-19 while …

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Published on November 7, 2022 - 21:49 GMT

AG Paxton Requests Records on Chick-fil‑A Decision by San Antonio City Council

Attorney General Ken Paxton today sent a second letter to the mayor and council members for the City of San Antonio, making an open records request for documents related to the Office of the Attorney General’s investigation of the City’s decision to …

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Published on November 3, 2022 - 18:08 GMT

Paxton Moves to Protect Federal Workers from Forced Vaccinations, Helping Prevent Millions from Losing Their Jobs

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Florida-led amicus brief in the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of Arizona’s efforts to strike down the federal contractor vaccine mandate. The brief highlights the many ways …

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Published on November 3, 2022 - 15:49 GMT

Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado Announce Agreement After Years of Dispute Over the Lower Rio Grande River

Attorney General Paxton has announced a historic agreement with the states of New Mexico and Colorado that, if accepted by a Special Master and approved by the United States Supreme Court, would guarantee that the resources of the Lower Rio Grande River …

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Published on November 2, 2022 - 17:25 GMT

Paxton Announces Agreement in Principle in Opioid Settlement with CVS Pharmacy; Texas to Receive $276 million Under Pro...

Attorney General Paxton announced plans to enter into a $5.034 billion multistate settlement with CVS Pharmacy for its role in the nationwide opioid epidemic, with over $276 million designated for Texas. The agreement will largely track the terms of the …

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Published on October 28, 2022 - 17:52 GMT

Paxton Highlights Danger of Forcing Schoolchildren to be Injected with Covid-19 Vaccine

Attorney General Paxton joined a Louisiana-led letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expressing deep concerns over children being required to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The letter discusses the October 2022 Advisory Committee on …

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Published on October 28, 2022 - 15:19 GMT

Paxton Stands With Florida in Fight Against Big Tech Censorship

Attorney General Paxton joined an Ohio-led cert-stage amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court defending a Florida law similar to Texas’s HB 20, which is designed to ensure that individuals aren’t silenced merely because Big Tech companies disagree with …

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Published on October 27, 2022 - 21:09 GMT

Appeals Court Affirms Victory for Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Division, Delivers More Than $11 Million in Remedies for the ...

Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that the El Paso-based Texas Eighth Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s judgment against Dr. Richard Malouf, former owner of All Smiles Dental Center, for violations of the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act …

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Published on October 27, 2022 - 21:09 GMT

Paxton Investigates Texas Hospital for Denying Parents’ Access to Teens’ Medical Records

Today, Attorney General Paxton sent a letter and accompanying Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to the Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System seeking information about its policy preventing parents and guardians from accessing their children’s medical …

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Published on October 27, 2022 - 15:38 GMT

Attorney General Paxton’s Law Enforcement Round Up: October 1 – 15, 2022

CHILD EXPLOITATION UNIT In Jefferson County, Christopher Wayne Manuel was arrested on October 10 on ten counts of possession of child pornography. Child Exploitation Unit investigators executed a search warrant at Manuel’s residence, where Manuel was …

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Published on October 24, 2022 - 22:18 GMT

Paxton Announces Statewide 2022 General Election Integrity Team

Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the formation of his statewide 2022 General Election Integrity Team, which is a concentrated effort to devote agency lawyers, investigators, support staff, and resources to ensuring this election season—which …

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Published on October 24, 2022 - 17:09 GMT

Paxton Files Amicus Defending Arkansas Law that Protects Minors from Permanent “Gender Transition” Surgeries and Hor...

Attorney General Paxton has joined an Alabama-led amicus brief in the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that asks the Court to rehear a case concerning an Arkansas law that prohibits healthcare professionals from using hormones …

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Published on October 24, 2022 - 14:54 GMT

Paxton Takes Action to Protect Consumers, Lower Prescription Drug Costs, and Ensure Oversight of Pharmacy Benefit ...

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Minnesota-led amicus brief in the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in support of Oklahoma’s right, as well as the right of all states, to protect consumers through the regulation of pharmacy …

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Published on October 21, 2022 - 19:26 GMT

Paxton Distributes Payments to Texas Uber Drivers Victimized by Data Breach

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office has completed its distribution of $4.2 million in redress payments to approximately 42,000 Texans whose personal information was compromised in a 2016 data breach at ride share company Uber Technologies …

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Published on October 21, 2022 - 16:51 GMT

Paxton Condemns Overreach by Federal Regulators to Promote Biden’s Left-Wing Climate Goals

Attorney General Paxton has joined a West Virginia-led letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam over the CFTC’s unprecedented focus on enforcing the Biden Administration’s radical climate goals. The CFTC has recently …

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Published on October 21, 2022 - 14:28 GMT

Paxton Sends Letter to Biden Administration After It Attempts to Force Costly and Disastrous New Environmental Rule on ...

Attorney General Paxton sent a letter to Deputy Administrator Stephanie Pollack of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) after FHWA proposed a rule that could cost the United States hundreds of millions of dollars and upend the way of life for millions …

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Published on October 20, 2022 - 19:53 GMT

Paxton’s Criminal Prosecution Division Secures Convictions Against Two Murderers Who Killed Young Mother in 2018

Edgar Barr-Lazcano (male, 45) and Cecola Mozon (female, 44) of Hillsboro, Texas, have been sentenced to 25 and 20 years in prison for murder. The Office of the Attorney General’s Criminal Prosecution Division, represented by Assistant Attorneys General …

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Published on October 20, 2022 - 17:23 GMT

Paxton Fights to Stop the Biden Administration from Letting Criminal Illegal Aliens into Communities Across the Country

Attorney General Paxton filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court to prevent the Biden Administration from letting thousands of deportable criminal aliens walk freely in communities across America. The initial lawsuit, led by the States of Texas …

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