By Adolfo Pesquera | January 29, 2024
Paxton's top aides, Brent Webster, Lesley French Henneke and Michelle Smith are to appear for oral depositions no later than Feb. 9.
By Adolfo Pesquera | May 28, 2023
The report claims it was Paxton's opinion that the complainants "were creating a toxic environment in the office," but that no one discussed firing them because of information provided to the FBI.
By Adolfo Pesquera | May 26, 2023
The investigating committee's investigators reviewed hundreds of documents and interviewed many witnesses other than the four whistleblowers. The response of the committee was a resolution listing 20 articles of impeachment.
By Adolfo Pesquera | May 17, 2023
The city argued the amended petition was untimely because it asserted new causes of action. The city argued it was therefore not the same cause of action.
By Jimmy Hoover | May 1, 2023
The justices will consider if and when the burden shifts to employers to show they did not unlawfully retaliate against a whistleblowing employee.
By Adolfo Pesquera | March 9, 2023
"If funding approval is not achieved this session, OAG says the case should remain abated until the 89th Legislature considers it in 2025. And if that Legislature refuses to approve ... the abatement should remain in place until the following session. And so on in perpetuity," according to the motion to lift the abatement order.
By Adolfo Pesquera | January 6, 2023
The attack that might have caused Sims' death was not known to her family because the district never responded to them, plaintiffs counsel said. It came to light, the attorney said, only because of a single paragraph in a whistleblower lawsuit.
By Adolfo Pesquera | June 3, 2022
"The court's opinion missed the opportunity to protect good cops who stand up and seek accountability for the illegal conduct of bad cops who abuse black families, which is a systemic problem," attorney Jason C.N. Smith said.
By Katheryn Tucker | August 24, 2021
The report stands in sharp contrast to the independent investigation New York Attorney General Letitia James conducted into allegations of sexual harassment against Gov. Andrew Cuomo. If the New York investigation were handled like the Texas one, Cuomo would have exonerated himself of wrongdoing and stayed in office, said Carlos Soltero of Soltero Sapire Murrell in Austin.
By Cedra Mayfield | July 15, 2021
"These types of claims can be precarious," said Poole Huffman attorney Luke Andrews.
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