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POLICY & REGULATION
Mass. Officials Rebuff Challenge To Vape Ban
By Jonathan Capriel
There's no chance smoke shops and retailers will come out on top in a lawsuit seeking to undo a Massachusetts ban on certain tobacco products, the state said when urging a federal judge to reject calls to block enforcement, saying too many appeals courts have sided with similarly situated states.
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ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE
LITIGATION
Healthcare Cos. Must Face Whistleblower's PPP Fraud Suit
By Sarah Jarvis
A New York federal judge has dismissed a bid to toss a compliance consultant's whistleblower suit against a trio of home healthcare companies for alleged fraud under the government's Paycheck Protection Program, rejecting the companies' arguments that her claims should be barred because she is not an original source of information.
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EXPERT ANALYSIS
Target's ERISA Win Doesn't Ax Tobacco Surcharge Questions
Though a Minnesota federal court's recent dismissal of a putative class action challenging Target's tobacco surcharge wellness program offers employers a defense road map, courts' differing conclusions about the Employee Retirement Income Security Act versus U.S. Department of Labor requirements leave the legal landscape unsettled, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
DOJ Flags Breach Of Internal Policies In Apple Suit
By Bryan Koenig
The U.S. Department of Justice told a New Jersey federal judge Tuesday that its staffers breached internal policies when they shared personally identifiable information with an outside discovery vendor that was hired not by the department, but instead by the DOJ's state attorneys general partners, in the monopolization case against Apple.
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Prosecutors Say Goldstein Must Stay Behind Bars
By Jared Foretek
Federal prosecutors told the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday to keep convicted Supreme Court attorney Thomas Goldstein behind bars while he appeals his conviction, arguing that he remains a serious flight risk with wealthy overseas connections and "an ongoing danger" whose tax crimes continued "even after conviction."
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Arizona Atty Reprimanded For Series Of AI Errors
By Matt Perez
An Arizona federal judge has formally reprimanded a lawyer who admitted to filing four briefs that contained errors including false quotes and a faulty case summary generated with artificial intelligence amid an employment discrimination suit, noting the lawyer previously faced sanctions on two separate occasions for violating court rules.
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