Pax­ton Dis­trib­utes Pay­ments to Texas Uber Dri­vers Vic­tim­ized by Data Breach

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office has completed its distribution of $4.2 million in redress payments to approximately 42,000 Texans whose personal information was compromised in a 2016 data breach at ride share company Uber Technologies, Inc.   

October 21, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Con­demns Over­reach by Fed­er­al Reg­u­la­tors to Pro­mote Biden’s Left-Wing Cli­mate Goals

Attorney General Paxton has joined a West Virginia-led letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam over the CFTC’s unprecedented focus on enforcing the Biden Administration’s radical climate goals. 

October 21, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to Biden Admin­is­tra­tion After It Attempts to Force Cost­ly and Dis­as­trous New Envi­ron­men­tal Rule on Texas

Attorney General Paxton sent a letter to Deputy Administrator Stephanie Pollack of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) after FHWA proposed a rule that could cost the United States hundreds of millions of dollars and upend the way of life for millions.  

October 21, 2022 | Press Release

Paxton’s Crim­i­nal Pros­e­cu­tion Divi­sion Secures Con­vic­tions Against Two Mur­der­ers Who Killed Young Moth­er in 2018

Edgar Barr-Lazcano (male, 45) and Cecola Mozon (female, 44) of Hillsboro, Texas, have been sentenced to 25 and 20 years in prison for murder.

October 20, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Fights to Stop the Biden Admin­is­tra­tion from Let­ting Crim­i­nal Ille­gal Aliens into Com­mu­ni­ties Across the Country

Attorney General Paxton filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court to prevent the Biden Administration from letting thousands of deportable criminal aliens walk freely in communities across America.  

October 20, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sues Google for its Unau­tho­rized Cap­ture and Use of Bio­met­ric Data and Vio­la­tion of Tex­ans’ Privacy

Attorney General Paxton has sued Google, alleging that the tech giant has unlawfully captured and used the biometric data of millions of Texans without properly obtaining their informed consent to do so. 

October 20, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Fights to Pro­tect Reli­gious Free­dom of Cou­ple Being Forced to Par­tic­i­pate in Wed­ding That Vio­lates Faith

Attorney General Paxton has joined an Oklahoma-led cert-stage amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries and protect the religious liberty of a couple being targeted for their faith.   

October 19, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Launch­es Inves­ti­ga­tion Into Six Major Banks For Col­lu­sion-in-Lend­ing Prac­tices That Poten­tial­ly Vio­late Con­sumer Pro­tec­tion Laws

Attorney General Paxton joined a multistate investigation into Bank of America Corporation, Wells Fargo & Company, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and Citigroup Inc. for potential violations of consumer protection laws.  

October 19, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Sends Let­ter to U.S. Attor­ney Gen­er­al Mer­rick Gar­land Warn­ing Him Against Clamp­ing Down on Speech Crit­i­cal of Pedi­atric Sex-Change” Treatments

Attorney General Ken Paxton has signed a Tennessee-led letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland in response to the medical establishment asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to censor and prosecute speech that criticizes permanent, life-altering procedures currently being done to children suffering from gender dysphoria.  

October 19, 2022 | Press Release

Pax­ton Once Again Vic­to­ri­ous in Fed­er­al Court After Suing to End Feds’ Unlaw­ful DACA Policy

The New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed that the President lacked the legal authority to institute the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after the policy was challenged by a coalition led by Attorney General Ken Paxton.  

October 13, 2022 | Press Release