Tobacco Company pays family of deceased Boston smoker $79 million to settle wrongful death claim
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PHAI Board Member Explains Results of Paris Climate Change Summit
Founding PHAI Board member, Anthony Robbins, has published a a thoughtful editorial in the Journal of Public Health Policy entitled: How to understand the results of the climate change summit Conference of Parties21 (COP21) Paris 2015. It offers helpful and, largely, hopeful insight for a public health audience.
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PHAI’s Gottlieb Discusses New Fantasy Sports Legal Developments on “Broadside” TV Segment
Mark Gottlieb, the executive director of PHAI, discussed the impact of the cease and desist orders issued by New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman to shut down daily Fantasy Sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings in that state as well as related developments in Massachusetts. This segment of New England Cable News’ “Broadside with Sue
Boston Globe Published Gottlieb Op-Ed on Legality of Daily Fantasy Sports in Massachusetts
The Boston Globe has published an opinion piece by PHAI\’s executive director, Mark A. Gottlieb, which summarizes the organization’s legal research concluding that paid Daily Fantasy Sports games are illegal under Massachusetts law. The piece, entitled, Fantasy Sports Gambling is Illegal Under State Law explains the law and several reasons why it is important to enforce it.
PHAI Finds Online Fantasy Sports Gambling Operators in “Clear” Violation of Massachusetts Law
A review by a prominent public interest law organization based in Boston revealed that online sports gambling operators like DraftKings are in “clear” violation of Massachusetts law. The findings were included in an October 16th legal memo to Attorney General Maura Healey’s office that was prepared by the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) at Northeastern University.
Unregulated Supplements Send Thousands to the Hospital Every Year
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After Settlement, PHAI Continues Commitment to Ending Youth Access to MA Lottery Ticket Vending Machines
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Mark Gottlieb (617) 373-2206 Boston, MA As part of its mission to end youth access to lottery ticket vending machines in Massachusetts, the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) announced today that it has settled a lawsuit with Star Markets. In March, PHAI, a non-profit organization based at Northeastern University, brought suit against