Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a $290 million statewide opioid settlement agreement with Johnson & Johnson to resolve opioid-related claims. The agreement will largely track the terms of the Global Prescription Opioid Litigation Settlement Agreement that was announced July […]
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Paxton Files Environmental Case Lawsuit Announces Expected $3.35 Million Settlement
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice, named E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. and Performance Materials, NA, Inc., in an environmental lawsuit filed on October 13th in the U.S. District Court for the […]
Paxton Reaches Agreement with Tobacco Companies Resulting in $195 Million Awarded to Texas
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement agreement with major tobacco companies that will result in $195 million paid to Texas. The lawsuit arose out of the 1998 Texas Tobacco Settlement Agreement, by which major tobacco companies must make annual […]
Texas Office of the Attorney General Appoints Brent Webster as First Assistant Attorney General
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today announced the appointment of Brent Webster as First Assistant Attorney General. “I am honored that C has chosen me to lead in the attorney general’s office at an incredibly critical time in the history […]
