Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures $1.4 Bil­lion Set­tle­ment with Meta Over Its Unau­tho­rized Cap­ture of Per­son­al Bio­met­ric Data In Largest Set­tle­ment Ever Obtained From An Action Brought By A Sin­gle State

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta (formerly known as Facebook) to stop the company’s practice of capturing and using the personal biometric data of millions of Texans without the authorization required by law.

July 30, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin­is­tra­tion Over Rule Forc­ing Health Enti­ties to Pro­vide Con­tra­cep­tives To Minors With­out Parental Con­sent, in Vio­la­tion of State Law

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Secretary Xavier Becerra, and other members of the Biden Administration for adopting a rule that purports to nullify parents’ state-law rights to consent to their children’s medical care.

July 25, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Issues Con­sumer Alert Warn­ing Tex­ans of Poten­tial Scams Fol­low­ing Nation­wide Crowd­Strike Outage

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton warned Texans of potential scams following the widespread CrowdStrike service outage.

July 19, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to U.S. Sen­ate Urg­ing Pas­sage of The SAVE Act, a Law Requir­ing Proof of Cit­i­zen­ship to Vote

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sent a letter to the United States Senate detailing the pressing need to support legislation passed by the United States House to safeguard American elections by requiring people to provide proof of citizenship before being allowed to vote in federal elections.

July 15, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Appeals to Con­tin­ue Law­suit Against Bor­der NGO Facil­i­tat­ing Ille­gal Immigration

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will appeal the dismissal of his lawsuit seeking to close a nongovernmental organization (“NGO”) known as “Annunciation House” that directly facilitates illegal immigration.

July 15, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Stops Biden’s Unlaw­ful Ban on Liqui­fied Nat­ur­al Gas Exports

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a major victory, blocking the Biden Administration’s unlawful and indefinite ban on approving applications to export liquified natural gas (“LNG”).

July 02, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Paxton’s Cold Case and Miss­ing Per­sons Unit Secures Indict­ment Against Moth­er of New­born Baby Aban­doned 23 Years Ago

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General’s (“OAG”) Missing Persons and Cold Case Unit have secured the indictment of Shelby Stotts for 2nd-degree manslaughter.

July 01, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Cel­e­brates Sanc­ti­ty of Life Day on Sec­ond Anniver­sary of the End of Roe v. Wade

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) observe Sanctity of Life Day to commemorate the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

June 24, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Responds to SCO­TUS Deci­sion Allow­ing the Biden Admin­is­tra­tion to Pre­vent Res­o­lu­tion of Water Dis­pute Between States

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a statement responding to the split decision of the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) that grants the federal government even more authority over States and halts the agreement between Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado that would have secured vital water allotments for Texas farmers.

June 22, 2024 | Press Release

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Announces $10.22 Mil­lion Set­tle­ment with Major Wire­less Car­ri­ers Over Decep­tive and Mis­lead­ing Adver­tis­ing Practices

Texas reached a $10.22 million 50-jurisdiction settlement with AT&T Mobility, LLC, Cricket Wireless, LLC, T-Mobile USA, Inc., Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless, and TracFone Wireless, Inc., which resolves the state attorneys general investigations into the wireless carriers’ deceptive and misleading advertising practices.

June 20, 2024 | Press Release