Attorney General Investigations
Attorney General Investigations & Civil Investigative Demands
A Civil Investigative Demand from the Texas Attorney General is one of the most serious documents a business can receive. How you respond in the first days matters.
Bill Cobb served as Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation at the Texas Attorney General's Office, responsible for initiating, approving, negotiating, and settling investigations for violations of Texas Antitrust, Consumer Protection, and civil Medicaid fraud laws. That experience from the inside is a unique asset for businesses facing AG scrutiny today.
- CID response strategy & management
- Document production & privilege protection
- Consumer protection investigation defense
- Texas Antitrust investigation defense
- Civil Medicaid fraud investigation defense
- Trade secret & confidentiality protection
- Parallel proceeding coordination
- Pre-enforcement compliance review
- AG enforcement litigation defense
"We know what the Attorney General's Office is looking for — because we've looked for it. Contact us the day you receive a CID."
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When the Attorney General Comes Knocking: How to Respond to a Civil Investigative Demand in Texas
A Civil Investigative Demand is not a lawsuit, but it is a serious exercise of government power.
Texas AG Ken Paxton v. Big Tech
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has pursued major antitrust and consumer-protection actions against leading technology companies.
Small business exception in Texas Antitrust Act should be expanded to prevent AG overreach
Why Texas’s small-business exception to attorney-general antitrust CIDs should cover more business forms.
The attorney general’s statute of limitations – and damage limitations - in consumer protection claims
The Texas Attorney General has major timing advantages over private DTPA litigants, including no ordinary limitations deadline for DTPA enforcement claims.
Courts to Decide Whether Governor has Unlimited Power in a Disaster
Pandemic litigation challenged the scope of the Governor’s disaster powers, with most early cases failing procedurally but some mask-mandate cases gaining traction.
Texas Legislature endorses Governor’s unilateral and unchecked use of emergency powers
The Legislature considered but largely failed to enact reforms limiting the Governor’s emergency powers under the Texas Disaster Act.
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