( July 31, 2026, 4:02 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel split in a July 30 ruling as to whether sellers of e-cigarette products have standing to sue North Carolina officials over a new state directory that prohibits sales of products that are not authorized for sale by the Food and Drug Administration, with the majority concluding that vape sellers have standing to sue but affirming that they were unlikely to prevail on their preemption theory....