Tx Attorney General Press Release

AG Paxton Settles Suit with App Company Collecting Children’s Information

October 3, 2016 AUSTIN - Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement with California app developer Juxta Labs, Inc. for violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act. Juxta Labs signed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC), approved by the Travis Country District Court, agreeing not to collect personal information from any child under the age of 13. The AVC prohibits the company from allowing children to use their apps if those apps are not compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

AG Paxton Obtains $13.2 Million in Relief for Texans in Multistate Settlement with Retailer Who Victimized Military Members,Vets

September 30, 2016 AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced that Texas, 48 other states and the District of Columbia reached a settlement with USA Discounters to resolve the states’ claims of deceptive trade practices against the company. In its marketing, USA Discounters promised to provide credit to all military members, veterans and government employees for purchases of consumer goods from the retailer.

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sends Guidance Letter to Texas Schools

August 25, 2016 - AUSTIN – On May 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice issued a guidance letter that told schools across the country that, as a condition of receiving federal funds, they were now required under Title IX to allow students to use intimate facilities corresponding to the gender with which they identify.

Federal Court Rejects Request to Block Enforcement of Campus Carry Law

August 23, 2016 – The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas today agreed with Attorney General Ken Paxton and denied a request by three University of Texas professors to block enforcement of Texas’ new campus carry law. The Court concluded that the professors were unlikely to prevail in their lawsuit and thus were not entitled to a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the law.

Ruling in Favor of School, State Rights, Federal Court Stops Enforcement of Obama Public Schools Bathroom Directive Nationwide

August 22, 2016 - AUSTIN – Late yesterday, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s issued a nationwide injunction prohibiting the Obama administration from enforcing its bathroom directives against public schools across the country.  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton represents a 13-state coalition in the federal court lawsuit in the Northern District of Texas challenging the Obama administration’s unlawful federal directive that schools allow students to use whatever bathrooms and other intimate facilities they prefer.

Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Texas’s Sovereign Power: Hazlewood Act is Constitutional

June 23, 2016 AUSTIN — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit today upheld Texas’s Hazlewood Act, which waives public state university tuition for honorably discharged veterans who enlisted from Texas. To qualify for the 150 hours of tuition-free credit, veterans must have entered military service at a location in Texas, been a resident of Texas while enlisting, or declared the state as their home of record on their military records. Attorney General Ken Paxton issue the following statement on today’s ruling:

Attorney General Paxton Statement on Bernie Tiede Verdict

April 23, 2016 – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this eveining released the following statement regarding the verdict reached in Bernie Tiede’s second sentencing trial, which was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Office:
 
“Our office is on a mission to achieve justice for victims and families in Texas," Attorney General Paxton said. "Our prosecutors and staff work tirelessly for the people of Texas, and we thank the jury for their service and diligent work in ensuring a just verdict.”

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