by Cobb & Counsel | May 22, 2020 | Attorney General Civil Investigative Demands
When a disaster hits, a surge of price-gouging complaints and investigations usually follow. After Hurricane Harvey, the Texas attorney general received more than 5,000 consumer complaints about gas stations charging exorbitant prices for gas.[1] The attorney...
by Cobb & Counsel | Jun 11, 2019 | Attorney General Civil Investigative Demands
Fighting Medicaid Fraud and Protecting Consumers 2019 has been record-breaking year for the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Divisions[1] and Consumer Protection Division. Already this year, Attorney General Paxton and his hard-working Assistant Attorneys...
by Cobb & Counsel | Feb 4, 2019 | Attorney General Civil Investigative Demands
Finding out that you are under investigation by the State can be surprising and worrisome. You may not know where to begin, and may be scared of making an administrative misstep to the detriment of your business. Certainly, the statutory authority of the Attorney...
by Cobb & Counsel | Oct 5, 2014 | Attorney General Civil Investigative Demands
Nobody likes big brother watching over them. And nobody likes to be investigated by the State. But the State has the awesome power to collect documents or testimony from individuals and businesses alike through its civil investigative demand powers. So when the State...
