Arrest of Houston Child Sex Trafficker and Recovers Underage Victim
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the arrest of Deveon Dwayne Byrd for sex trafficking minors and the recovery of a 17-year-old victim in Houston, Texas.
Texas Takes Action Against General Mills
Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent General Mills, Inc. a Civil Investigative Demand as part of a new investigation into the food company for illegal misrepresentations of its food products as “healthy.”
Texas Secures Historic $1.375 Billion Settlement with Google
AG Paxton sued Google for unlawfully tracking and collecting users’ private data regarding geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric data.
Texas Takes Legal Action Against Austin ISD
The depositions are part of an investigation into whether there is an unwritten policy of developing and teaching CRT curricula in violation of state law.
Man Executed for Murdering Young Mother
In 2004, Moises Sandoval Mendoza violently killed Rachelle O’Neil Tolleson, a 20-year-old mother of a young daughter.
EPIC City Investigation Continues
The development is being investigated due to potential violations of Texas state law. Additionally, a records request was sent to Josephine, Texas city officials.
Texas Joins Multistate Coalition in Supporting Veteran Winston Hencely
Hencely, who was wounded in an attack, sued Fluor under a South Carolina law but the Fourth Circuit ruled that the Federal Tort Claims Act do not apply to military contractors.
Texas AG Announces Investigation into Kellogg’s After Falsely Claiming to Remove Artificial Dyes
In its marketing, Kellogg’s has advertised its products as “healthy.” Yet, some of its cereals are filled with petroleum-based artificial food colorings that have been linked to hyperactivity, obesity, autoimmune disease, endocrine-related health problems, and cancer in those who consume them.
Texas AG Announces Investigation into Dallas for Sanctuary City Policies
Recently, Dallas Interim Police Chief Michael Igo said that “[t]he Dallas Police Department is not assisting any federal agency on detaining people that are either documented or undocumented in the City of Dallas.”
Texas Works to Stop Federal Plan to Build a Nuclear Waste Facility on World’s Most Productive Oil Field
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office defended Texas before the Supreme Court of the United States against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s attempt to send the nation’s nuclear waste to a proposed facility located in Texas’s Permian Basin—the world’s most productive oil field.
Chinese AI Company in Violation of Texas State Law
Texas Attorney General has announced an investigation into DeepSeek—a Chinese artificial intelligence (“AI”) company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
Texas AG Demands Documents to Ensure That No Boys Are Competing in Girls’ Sports
Attorney General Ken Paxton has requested an extensive list of documents from Dallas Independent School District (“ISD”) and Irving ISD to ensure that the districts are not allowing boys to compete in girls’ sports.
Texas AG Stops Austin Business from Operating International Human Trafficking Scheme
In 2021, Attorney General Paxton brought a civil racketeering action against Austin Eco Bilingual School and Adriana Rodriguez for trafficking at least seven employees.
DEI and ESG Commitments Could Lead to Enforcement Actions if Found to Violate State or Federal Laws
Net-Zero Banking Alliance is an anti-energy activist organization that requires its members to prioritize a radical climate agenda over consumer and investor interests.
Texas Sues Biden Admin for Unlawful Ban on Offshore Drilling
Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Biden Administration during its final hours to prevent President Joe Biden’s unlawful restriction of offshore drilling in violation of federal law.
Texas AG Sues Allstate
Texas sued Allstate for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling data about the location and movement of Texans’ cell phones through secretly embedded software in mobile apps.
Texas Continues Lawsuit Against Pfizer for Misrepresenting the Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccine
In November 2023, Attorney General Paxton sued Pfizer for unlawfully misrepresenting the effectiveness and safety of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Texas Blocks Biden Administration from Disposing of Wall Materials
The Biden Administration confirmed to the court that it will agree to an order preventing the outgoing administration from disposing of any further border wall materials over the next 30 days.
Texas Investigates Tech Companies over Children’s Safety Practices
The investigations follow Attorney General Paxton’s recent lawsuit against TikTok for operating in violation of the safety and privacy requirements of the SCOPE Act.