AG Pax­ton Calls on Texas Supreme Court to Halt Unlaw­ful City of Austin and Travis Coun­ty Shut­down Orders

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will be asking for an emergency stay with the Supreme Court of Texas later today, urging the court to halt enforcement of Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s and Travis County Judge Andy Brown’s illegal local orders, which impose a four-day shutdown of dine-in food and beverage services.

January 01, 2021 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Urges Third Court of Appeals to Halt Unlaw­ful City of Austin and Travis Coun­ty Shut­down Orders

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that he filed an appeal in the Austin-based Third Court of Appeals, urging the court to halt enforcement of Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s and Travis County Judge Andy Brown’s orders, which illegally impose a four-day shutdown of dine-in food and beverage services

December 31, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sues City of Austin, May­or of Austin, Travis Coun­ty, and Coun­ty Judge for Impos­ing Unlaw­ful Shut­down Orders

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a petition for temporary injunction and temporary restraining order in Travis County District Court to halt enforcement of Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s and Travis County Judge Andy Brown’s orders, which impose a four-day shutdown of dine-in food and beverage services.

December 30, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Leads Mul­ti­state Coali­tion in Law­suit Against Google for Anti­com­pet­i­tive Prac­tices and Decep­tive Misrepresentations

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today that the State of Texas is leading a multistate coalition in a lawsuit against Google for multiple violations of federal and state antitrust and consumer protection laws, including anticompetitive conduct, exclusionary practices and deceptive misrepresentations in connection with its role in the multi-trillion-dollar online display advertising industry.

December 16, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton: U.S. Supreme Court Refus­es to Deter­mine the Integri­ty of the 2020 Election

Attorney General Ken Paxton today issued this statement after the United States Supreme Court denied the Texas lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — four battleground states who ran illegal and unconstitutional elections.

December 11, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Files Antitrust Law­suit Against Facebook

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today that Texas filed suit against Facebook for violating antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for personal social networking services.

December 09, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Sues Bat­tle­ground States for Uncon­sti­tu­tion­al Changes to 2020 Elec­tion Laws

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today filed a lawsuit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the United States Supreme Court.

December 08, 2020 | Press Release

AG Pax­ton Announces $17.5 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment with Home Depot Regard­ing Data Breach

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that his office, along with the Attorneys General of 45 other States and the District of Columbia have obtained a $17.5 million-dollar settlement against retailer The Home Depot, resolving a multistate investigation of a 2014 data breach which exposed the payment card information of approximately 40 million Home Depot consumers nationwide.

November 24, 2020 | Press Release