On March 12, 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) issued a joint advisory about the Medusa ransomware threat....

During his annual State of the State address on Sunday, February 2nd, Texas Governor Greg Abbott revealed plans to establish the Texas Cyber Command, which will be based in San Antonio. This new command will develop a strategy to tackle the state's...

On July 30, 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a landmark settlement with Meta over its unauthorized capture of the personal biometric data of millions of Texans in violation of Texas’s “Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier” (CUBI)...

Consistent with a press release issued on June 4, 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton continues to demonstrate his intent to protect the privacy rights of Texas consumers. On this date, AG Paxton announced that his office has notified over 100...

Governor Greg Abbott has announced ten judicial appointments to oversee the first five divisions of the Texas Business Court created last year. Business Court judges are required to have ten or more years of experience in complex civil business...

Q. What is the TDPSA? The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA), Chapter 541 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, is a data privacy consumer protection law signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott in June 2023, making Texas the tenth...

On June 4, 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the launching of a data privacy and security initiative for the purpose of protecting the privacy rights of Texans and safeguarding their sensitive data.   The press release...

Shields Legal is dedicated to investing our very best selves in the communities we serve. We’ve proudly supported numerous charitable causes, and year-by-year, we continue to build a formidable culture of good corporate citizenship. Back in 2014,...