Public Health Advocacy Institute

Public Health Advocacy Institute Files Class Action Against DraftKings in Massachusetts

Legal Filings, Predatory Gambling​, Press Release /

For Immediate Release December 8, 2023 | Boston, MA Contact Mark Gottlieb – 617-373-8487 (mark@phai.org) Today, the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) and its Center for Public Health Litigation filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of Massachusetts citizens who opened DraftKings Sportsbook accounts in response to a $1,000 bonus sign-up promotion that the gambling […]

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PHAI to Host International Webinar on the Myth of the Responsible Gambling Model

Conferences, Predatory Gambling​, Uncategorized /

It\’s Not the Dough, it\’s the Dopamine: The Dangerous Myth of the Responsible Gambling Model
How the gambling industry misleads regulators and imperils the public’s health. . . and what we can do about it!
An unprecedented Zoom event during Problem Gambling Awareness Month

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Richard Daynard, Publishes Op-Ed Explaining the Importance of Punitive Damages Awards For Public Health

Center For Public Health Litigation, News, Tobacco Litigation /

Northeastern University Distinguished Professor of Law and President of the Public Health Advocacy Institute, Richard Daynard, published an op-ed in The Hill on December 6, 2022, laying out the importance of punitive damages in civil justice to protect public health. The article references a billion-dollar punitive damages verdict in a Massachusetts tobacco case from September

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PHAI’s Gottlieb Discusses Recent Juul Settlement

Center For Public Health Litigation, Dangers Of E Cigarettes, News, Tobacco Litigation /

On September 6, 2022, attorneys general from 33 states announced a tentative settlement of their joint investigation of the company involving cash payments to the states of $438.5 million over several years. PHAI’s executive director, Mark Gottlieb, discussed the settlement on NBC News NOW the following morning. That short interview can be seen here.

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Bloomberg Spotlights PHAI’s United On Guns

Mayors, News, Unitedonguns /

Bloomberg has published an article in its CityLab section focusing on the Mass Shooting Playbook and 24 Hour Protocol published by PHAI\’s gun violence prevention initiative, UnitedOnGuns. The article is titled: What Should Mayors Do After Mass Shootings? With the tragedy of frequent mass shootings in the United States, the role of mayors to help

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And the Mass Shootings Continue

Active Shooter Drills, Mayors, Unitedonguns /

Sadly, municipal leaders need to think about – not if – but when a mass shooting occurs, how should my community prepare, respond, and recover? PHAI’s UnitedOnGuns Initiative has the resources to help mayors and city managers be ready for these tragedies. These include a Mass Shooting Protocol and Mass Shooting Playbook. The Protocol is

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PHAI’s Sarah Peck Publishes Op-Ed on Long-Term Impact of Pulse Nightclub Shooting

Mayors, Publications, Unitedonguns /

In an op-ed published today in the Orlando Sentinel, Sarah Peck, director of PHAI’s #UnitedOnGuns initiative along with Northeastern Professor James Alan Fox consider the impact of lingering trauma from the horrific Pulse Nightclub shooting, which occurred 5 years ago on June 12, 2016. Peck and Fox note that the psychological toll on survivors, families, first responders, and others

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PHAI’s Sarah Peck Looks at Suicide Prevention as a Way to Reduce Mass Shootings in Op-Ed

Active Shooter Drills, News, Red Flag Laws, Unitedonguns /

PHAI’s Sarah Peck, director of #UnitedOnGuns, along with James Alan Fox, the Lipman Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy at Northeastern University, published an opinion piece in the Mercury News of San Jose, where a tragic public mass shooting at a light rail yard resulted in 10 deaths, including a self-inflicted gunshot wound to

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After FDA’s Menthol Announcement, PHAI’s Gottlieb and Daynard Consider Next Steps

News, Tobacco /

In an op-ed published today in the Boston Globe, a day in which the FDA announced it’s intention to issue regulations to ban menthol cigarettes, PHAI’s executive director and president consider what the next steps in tobacco prevention should be. Gottlieb and Daynard suggest that:

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