AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton today commended the U.S. Department of Labor after it rescinded the Obama-era Persuader Rule, which violated the federal Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. In November 2016, Attorney General Paxton won a permanent nationwide injunction against the Persuader Rule, when a federal judge ruled that it was unlawful and would have required attorneys to make public confidential information protected by attorney-client privilege. A month later, Texas and a coalition of 10 states won […]
