The ethics commission of the State Bar of Texas had sued Paxton for making dishonest claims of election fraud in a 2020 challenge to Biden's victory.

The state bar had sought to sanction Paxton, which could have carried a punishment ranging from a private reprimand to disbarment.

The State Bar of Texas is dropping efforts to discipline Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election amounted to professional misconduct.

The Commission for Lawyer Discipline tells the Texas Supreme Court that a related ruling made its case against Paxton moot.

Republican state lawmakers are doubling down on their failed effort last session to bar certain foreign citizens and companies from owning land in Texas. The proposals this year range from outright bans to creating a database of purchases,

The State Bar of Texas will not mover forward with it's case against Attorney General Ken Paxton after the Texas Supreme Court ruled in favor of the assistant attorney general in a similar case last month.

The Commission for Lawyer Discipline, an arm of the Texas State Bar, is asking the state supreme court to nonsuit its case against the attorney general. Ken Paxton's office filed a response ...

(Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) The State Bar of Texas on Wednesday moved to drop its lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 ...

In a court filing, lawyers with the bar’s Commission for Lawyer Discipline asked the Texas Supreme Court to dismiss the suit, citing the high court’s December decision to toss a separate state ...

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When Microsoft attorneys allegedly accused a criminal defense attorney of possessing child pornography he received from prosecutors, he filed a grievance with the State Bar of Texas. The case was dismissed,

The proposal failed last session after protests and criticism that it was discriminatory. Any ban would almost certainly be challenged in court.