Deputy First Assistant Attorney General Grant Dorfman Departs Texas Attorney General’s Office and Receives Judicial Appointment
Judge Grant Dorfman, who served as the Deputy First Assistant Attorney General since December 2020, left the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) after more than three years of dedicated service.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Injunction Stopping the Biden Administration’s Unlawful Attempt to Ban Private Firearms Sales
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured an injunction halting a new rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (“ATF”) of the U.S. Department of Justice that unlawfully sought to abridge Americans’ constitutional right to privately buy and sell firearms.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden Department of Labor to Prevent Attempt to Grant Foreign Laborers More Rights than American Workers
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a coalition of state attorneys general have sued the Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (“DOL”) over a new regulation that aims to override longstanding federal law and give foreign nationals working in American agriculture more rights than American citizens.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Major Win Blocking Biden Administration’s Attempt to Force “Transgender” Policies Into Schools, Securing Nationwide Relief Against Unlawful Agency Actions
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has won a major victory against the Biden Administration’s Department of Education (“DOE”), stopping its attempt to rewrite Title IX to force Texas schools to adopt radical “transgender” policies in violation of state and federal law.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Leads Multistate Coalition Reaching Landmark $700 Million Settlement Against Johnson & Johnson Over Misleading Safety Claims Regarding Its Talc-Based Baby Powder
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and 42 other attorneys general reached a $700 million nationwide settlement to resolve allegations related to the marketing of Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder and body powder products that contained talc. Texas, Florida, and North Carolina led an executive committee that included Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Maryland, New York, and Washington.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services to Stop Rule Forcing Healthcare Providers to Perform “Gender Transition” Procedures
Texas and Montana have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, and other members of the Biden Administration for adopting a new rule that forces states to pay for “gender transition” procedures through their Medicaid programs and requires healthcare providers to perform these procedures even when doing so would violate state law.
Statement from Attorney General Ken Paxton on Border Litigation Against Biden Administration
Attorney General Ken Paxton released the following statement after today’s argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Texas’s concertina wire lawsuit against the federal government.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Reminds Governmental Entities that Personally Identifiable Information on Ballots Must Be Redacted
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has released a legal opinion reiterating that governmental entities have a legal duty to redact any personally identifying information on voters’ ballots when a Public Information Act request is made.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Opens Investigation into Car Manufacturers’ Collection and Sale of Drivers’ Data
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into several car manufacturers after widespread reporting that they have secretly been collecting mass amounts of data about drivers directly from their vehicles and then selling that data to third parties—including to insurance providers.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Successfully Stops Unlawful Attempt By The Biden IRS To Impair Texas Child Support Programs
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has ended a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) after the agency walked back its planned enforcement of an unlawful policy change that would have drastically interfered with the operations and functionalities of Texas’s child support system.