Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defeats Biden Administration’s Unlaw­ful DACA Pol­i­cy at the Fifth Cir­cuit, Secur­ing a Major Win for Texas and Bor­der Security

Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a major victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which affirmed a district court’s ruling that the Biden Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) policy is unlawful.

January 17, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Con­grat­u­lates Exec­u­tive Team Mem­bers on Join­ing the Trump Administration

Attorney General Ken Paxton congratulated two top staff after President Donald Trump announced their appointments to the White House National Economic Council (“NEC”).

January 17, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Pre­vent Last Minute Ban on Gas-Pow­ered Water Heaters

Attorney General Ken Paxton is fighting to stop Joe Biden’s effort to ban gas-powered water heaters as part of his radical environmental agenda that hurts consumers.

January 17, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Pre­vent the Cre­ation of an Unlaw­ful Methane Tax Which Would Harm America’s Ener­gy Industry

Attorney General Ken Paxton led a 23-State coalition to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) for adopting a Final Rule that would unlawfully tax the oil and gas industry in the last days of the Biden Administration.

January 16, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Defends Texas Law Pro­tect­ing Chil­dren from Harm­ful Online Pornog­ra­phy at U.S. Supreme Court

Today at the Supreme Court of the United States, Attorney General Ken Paxton defended a Texas law requiring online pornography sites to verify the user’s age to protect children from being exposed to harmful content.

January 15, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues All­state and Ari­ty for Unlaw­ful­ly Col­lect­ing, Using, and Sell­ing Over 45 Mil­lion Amer­i­cans’ Dri­ving Data to Insur­ance Companies

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity (“Allstate”), for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling data about the location and movement of Texans’ cell phones through secretly embedded software in mobile apps, such as Life360.

January 13, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Tik­Tok For Decep­tive­ly Pro­mot­ing its App as Safe for Chil­dren Despite Pro­lif­er­a­tion of Inap­pro­pri­ate and Explic­it Content

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued TikTok, one of the largest social media platforms, for deceptively marketing its app as safe for minors, despite regularly showing inappropriate and explicit material to children.

January 09, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Con­tin­ues Law­suit Against Pfiz­er for Know­ing­ly Mis­rep­re­sent­ing the Effi­ca­cy of the COVID-19 Vaccine

Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a notice of appeal to continue his lawsuit against Pfizer, Inc., for its unlawful misrepresentations concerning the COVID-19 vaccine after a district court dismissed the case.

January 08, 2025 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Court Order Pre­vent­ing Biden Admin­is­tra­tion from Auc­tion­ing Off Bor­der Wall Mate­ri­als Pri­or to Pres­i­dent Trump’s Inauguration

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a court order confirming the agreement he reached with the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) which will officially prevent the Biden Administration from auctioning off or otherwise disposing of any border wall materials before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

January 08, 2025 | Press Release

Fol­low­ing Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Urg­ing, All U.S. Based Major Banks With­draw from Anti-Oil and Gas Net-Zero Bank­ing Alliance

Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan for leaving the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (“NZBA”), an anti-oil and gas activist organization that pushes members to advance destructive climate goals regardless of their obligations to consumers and investors.

January 07, 2025 | Press Release