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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

June 29, 2026

www.texasattorneygeneral.gov




*PRESS OFFICE:
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*Attorney General Ken Paxton Continues to Deliver Major Wins for the People of Texas*

 

AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton has continued to keep Texas great by protecting Texans’ values and way of life. The major victories secured in just the past year alone build upon a legacy of success during his tenure as Texas Attorney General, where he has always been on the frontlines of the battle to protect our values and strengthen our nation. In 2026, Attorney General Paxton has gone after fraud, combated the radical left’s efforts to erode the moral fabric of our society, and targeted bad actors that seek to hurt children, women, and Texas consumers—all in furtherance of bettering the lives and health of Texans. 

 

*In 2026 So Far:* In addition to many other wins, below are victories Attorney General Paxton has secured for Texas and the nation thus far this year. 

 

Attorney General Paxton has taken sweeping action to protect Texans' health and wellbeing on multiple fronts. He secured a historic settlement [ [link removed] ] with grocery store chains across Texas to stop them from secretly misting synthetic pesticides on organic produce and reached a major agreement [ [link removed] ] with the manufacturer of Crest toothpaste to shield children from excess fluoride exposure. He launched a sweeping investigation [ [link removed] ] into the meatpacking industry alongside the Trump DOJ to protect Texas cattle ranchers and lower grocery prices. He opened a separate investigation [ [link removed] ] into corporate giants including Bayer for poisoning Texans through glyphosate contamination in food. To combat the opioid crisis, he surpassed $3 billion in total recoveries for the state—including from Big Pharma companies, distributors, pharmacies, and others. This includes securing a $286.5 million settlement [ [link removed] ] with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. He launched an investigation [ [link removed] ] into Lululemon over the potential presence of toxic chemicals in clothing. The Attorney General sued [ [link removed] ] a chemical manufacturer in Freeport for illegally releasing chlorine and other hazardous substances, sued [ [link removed] ] a container company responsible for a chemical fire that contaminated West Texas communities, and worked to protect [ [link removed] ] Texas waterways from illegal sewage dumping into Cedar Creek and the Neches River Basin System. Similarly, in late 2025, he sued and has secured [ [link removed] ] an injunction against the electric company that caused the devastating Smokehouse Creek Fire that led to the deaths of three Texans and over $1 billion in damages.  

 

He also sued [ [link removed] ] Kratom retailers for selling products containing nearly fifty times the legal amount of a potentially deadly alkaloid. In addition, he defended [ [link removed] ] the constitutional rights of Dr. Mary Talley Bowden for prescribing Ivermectin to COVID-19 patients, sued [ [link removed] ] a cord blood registry for exploiting new parents through illegal and misleading business practices. The Office of the Attorney General sued [ [link removed] ] global fast-fashion giant Shein for selling toxic clothing and children's products. Attorney General Paxton also launched [ [link removed] ] a wide-ranging investigation into unlawful financial incentives tied to childhood vaccine recommendations. He also filed [ [link removed] ] five anti-CCP lawsuits against companies tied to the Chinese Communist Party. 

 

Attorney General Paxton has been a fierce defender of children's safety and parental rights across a wide range of battles. He filed a landmark lawsuit [ [link removed] ] against Discord to protect Texas children from predators and stop Discord from deceiving parents about the safety of its platform. In a historic move, he secured [ [link removed] ] a landmark settlement that created the nation's first ever detransition clinic and recovered $10 million from Texas Children's Hospital for illegally transitioning minors, resulting in the firing of every doctor who performed those procedures. He sued [ [link removed] ] Netflix for illegally spying on children and collecting their data without authorization and secured [ [link removed] ] a legal victory against a New York-based company to stop the sale of harmful chest binders to Texas girls. He also issued a landmark legal opinion [ [link removed] ] declaring it illegal for mental health providers to transition Texas children. Additionally, he sued [ [link removed] ] baby monitor company Lorex for hiding its ties to the Chinese Communist Party and exploiting parents' trust. Attorney General Paxton also sued [ [link removed] ]Snapchat for deceiving parents, exposing children to addictive platform features, and allowing the app to serve as a breeding ground for obscene content. To protect taxpayers and unborn children, Attorney General Paxton stopped [ [link removed] ] the City of San Antonio from using taxpayer dollars to fund travel for women going out-of-state to abort their unborn children, including late term abortion. In 2024, he sued [ [link removed] ] the City of Austin for doing the same. 

 

He has also sued [ [link removed] ] multiple dental provider networks and fraudulent marketers for performing unnecessary procedures on patients and defrauding the Texas Medicaid program. AG Paxton took legal and investigative [ [link removed] ]action against entities such as Austin ISD and the City of Denton for allowing men into women's bathrooms in violation of basic safety and privacy standards. Additionally, AG Paxton vigorously and successfully defended [ [link removed] ]SB 4, which allows local and state law enforcement to arrest and detain individuals suspected of illegally entering or reentering Texas and authorizes judges to order them to return to the foreign nation from which they entered. He also secured [ [link removed] ] a major U.S. Supreme Court victory that allowed the Legislature’s congressional redistricting map to remain in effect for the 2026 midterms.   

 

Attorney General Paxton has also worked diligently to uncover and stop fraud. He secured [ [link removed] ] millions for victims of a fraudulent loan scheme that targeted senior citizens and drove up housing costs. He also sued [ [link removed] ] multiple solar panel companies for deceptively selling solar systems to Texans as part of a widespread consumer fraud initiative. He took investigative action [ [link removed] ] against more than thirty North Texas businesses suspected of H-1B visa fraud and secured [ [link removed] ] over $6.8 million in debt relief for disabled veterans who were harmed by a fraudulent VA assistance scheme. In a sweeping enforcement effort over just the past year alone, he arrested more than 120 individuals and collected [ [link removed] ] over $125 million from healthcare fraudsters operating across the state. Since 2020, Attorney General Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has recovered [ [link removed] ] more than $1 billion in settlements, judgments, and restitution for Texas taxpayers. 

 

In addition to the accomplishments of 2026 so far, Ken Paxton has secured major victories for Texas women, children, and the people of Texas as Attorney General. This includes filing a lawsuit [ [link removed] ] against pharmaceutical companies Sanofi and Bristol-Myers Squibb for failing to disclose that their drug Plavix did not work effectively for many patients, particularly Black, East Asian, and Pacific Islander patients. He successfully defended women’s sports by defeating [ [link removed] ] Dallas ISD’s attempt to illegally allow biological boys to participate in girls’ competitions and sued [ [link removed] ] U.S. Master’s Swimming for deceptively allowing men to compete in women’s sports. He won [ [link removed] ] before the U.S. Supreme Court to require age verification on pornography websites. Additionally, Attorney General Paxton helped to Make America Healthy Again by securing [ [link removed] ] historic legal agreements with large corporations such as Kellogg’s to remove toxic dyes from food.  

 

He also secured [ [link removed] ] $41. 5 million from Pfizer and Tris Pharma for providing adulterated drugs to Texas children. He’s also sued [ [link removed] ] Eli Lilly for bribing providers to prescribe its medication. He has also secured [ [link removed] ] a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta over its unauthorized capture of personal biometric data in the largest settlement ever obtained from an action brought by a single state. Additionally, he signed [ [link removed] ] a historic settlement with Google and secured $1.375 billion from the company for violating Texans’ privacy rights.  

 

Additionally, AG Paxton led a bipartisan coalition [ [link removed] ] of 38 attorneys general to fight for criminal justice reform. He also helped [ [link removed] ] shut down Backpage.com, the largest online sex trafficking marketplace in the world. To protect Texas taxpayers, AG Paxton took action [ [link removed] ] as part of an investigation into over 1,000 Texas cities to ensure they were not illegally raising taxes. He joined the fight against racial discrimination by filing an amicus brief [ [link removed] ] in the U.S. Supreme Court to protect Asian-American students from racial discrimination. He sued [ [link removed] ] Yelp for targeting and discriminating against crisis pregnancy centers that help women, sued [ [link removed] ] the Biden Administration to stop it from forcing hospitals to provide abortions, and investigated [ [link removed] ] Planned Parenthood following the publication of a shocking video that showed a Planned Parenthood official discussing selling baby body parts.

   

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