AG Paxton: Department of Labor Should Rescind the Persuader Rule to Protect Employers and  Attorney-Client Privilege

AG Paxton: Department of Labor Should Rescind the Persuader Rule to Protect Employers and  Attorney-Client Privilege

Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Leading a 17-state coalition, Attorney General Ken Paxton today urged the U.S. Department of Labor to rescind the Obama-era Persuader Rule, which threatened to increase legal costs for businesses and undermine the long-standing and sacred attorney-client privilege. Last November, 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 publicly disclose confidential information protected by attorney-client […]