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5 Mar 2012, 4:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
It opens:The state won a $158 million settlement last month from a pharmaceutical company that the Texas attorney general said promoted an antipsychotic drug for uses not yet approved by federal regulators.Attorney General Greg Abbott said Johnson & Johnson marketed Risperdal as the drug of choice for children and the elderly for schizophrenia and dementia even though the Food and Drug Administration had not approved its use in … [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 10:06 am by Rick Hasen
The new map strongly resembles a “compromise” map that emerged earlier this month between Attorney General Greg Abbott and a Latino interest group – but it was a map that many Democrats and other Hispanic coalitions didn’t endorse or like. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 9:07 am by Steve Hall
Prison authorities want Attorney General Greg Abbott to allow them to keep most information about the execution drugs — where they come from and how much they cost — secret. [read post]
24 Feb 2012, 7:46 am by Steve Hall
Texas prison officials are seeking a ruling from Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott to allow them to keep secret many details about execution drugs, where they come from, even how much they cost. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 8:11 am by Steve Hall
Two years ago, the prison system revealed its drug supplier and the amount of drugs on hand after Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott issued an opinion saying it was public information. [read post]
6 Feb 2012, 1:36 pm by Rick Hasen
My SA: With a federal court deadline just hours away, a few minority groups and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott have agreed to a compromise set of interim redistricting maps for the 2012 election that would give Hispanics two of the state’s four new congressional districts. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 2:26 pm by Rick Hasen
The Hill reports: “Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) had approached the various plaintiffs last week, seeking a compromise. [read post]
27 Jan 2012, 10:28 am by Don Cruse
February 28, 2012 Susan Combs, Comptroller of Public Accounts of The State of Texas, and Greg Abbott, Attorney General of the State of Texas v. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 8:12 am by Tony Mauro
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released this statement on the decision: "The Supreme Court confirmed that the San Antonio court drew illegal maps, without regard for the policy decisions of elected leaders. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 3:45 am by Jerri Lynn Ward, J.D.
“Opponents of the federal law, like Republican Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, have argued that the key tenet of the reform — forcing people to carry health insurance — is an unconstitutional overreach. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 3:44 pm by jleaming@acslaw.org
” Today at the urging of Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the federal appeals court panel sped up the effect of its opinion, saying the stringent anti-abortion could be immediately enforced. [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 7:55 am by Dan Hargrove
  In February, a state court jury in Austin ordered units of the Iceland-based company to pay $170 million for inflating billings to the Texas Medicaid program.From the Texas Attorney General: Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott secured an $84 million agreement with pharmaceutical manufacturer Actavis Mid-Atlantic, LLC and Actavis Elizabeth, LLC. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 2:35 pm
GREG ABBOTT (R), Texas attorney general: What the legislature does and is entitled to do is to draw districts in the state of Texas that complies with the Voting Rights Act, to the extent possible, protects incumbents. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 7:51 am by Steve Hall
At the time, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott released a statement calling Fine's ruling "an act of unabashed judicial activism. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 4:00 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Reports the SA Express-News ("State sues Texas Highway Patrol Museum in SA," Dec. 20):Attorney General Greg Abbott has sued organizations tied to the Texas Highway Patrol Museum in San Antonio and accused them of illegally soliciting donations from the public and wasting money on trips, liquor and “exorbitant” pet care for a cat.Contrary to its official-sounding name, the highway patrol museum at South Alamo and St.… [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 8:19 pm by Rick Hasen
The latestfrom Texas: “Acrimony among elected Republican officials, the statewide Republican Party leadership and Attorney General Greg Abbott spilled into public Thursday as a bitter fight over whether to split the state’s primary elections rages on. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 10:26 am by slemberg
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott filed suit against third-party debt collector First Integral Recovery for alleged violations of the state’s Finance Code. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 6:48 am by Ashby Jones
The state attorney general, Greg Abbott, asked the high court to prevent the use of congressional boundaries drawn by a three-judge panel in Texas. [read post]
27 Nov 2011, 8:35 pm by Rick Hasen
Attorney General Greg Abbott also hired a noted specialist in Supreme Court appeals — former U.S. [read post]
27 Nov 2011, 6:15 pm by constitutional lawblogger
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that he'll file an emergency stay application with the Supreme Court on Monday to halt the implementation of redistricting maps drawn by a three-judge panel of the U.S. [read post]