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Several Texas Cannabis Reform Measures Set to Appear in November General Election Ballot

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With an expanding cannabis and hemp market and an upcoming legislative session that will consider medical cannabis expansion, hemp regulation, decriminalization, and other cannabis matters—we have our eyes on Texas! Texas...more

Cozen O'Connor

Senior Texas and West Virginia AGs’ Office Staff Assume New Government Roles

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Texas Deputy First Assistant Attorney General Judge Grant Dorfman has been appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to serve as a judge on Texas’s newly established Eleventh Business Court Division in Houston....more

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Texas Attorney General Opinion Finds That Governor’s Emergency Executive Orders Have “The Force and Effect of Law,” Including...

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On September 10, 2021, Williamson County Attorney Dee Hobbs requested an “expedited” ruling from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in response to his question of whether executive orders issued by Abbott in response to the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Data Breach Notification Law Update: Texas

Texas amended its data breach notification law to significantly tighten the deadline for notifying the state attorney general (AG) of a data breach affecting 250 or more state residents. Senate Bill 768, which amended Section...more

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Texas Amends Its Breach Notification Law

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Keypoint: The Texas legislature has determined that companies who experience a data breach affecting Texas residents need to have their names in lights—but not in a good way...more

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Texas Amends State Breach Notification Law and Creates Advisor Council to Study Privacy Laws

Businesses in Texas that own or license computerized data will expect a shortened data breach notification deadline for any breach of sensitive personal information after January 1, 2020. Meanwhile, reporting to state...more

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