The challenge is simple. Lois and Mayson are the same person. Either Lois is actually at the planet as a disguise for some investigation, and she really is an assistant DA named Mayson Drake, or Mayson Drake is a disguise Lois is using.
This actually would explain why Mayson so vocally dislikes Superman. If you are Lois Lane, Superman's number 1 fan, what better disguise than to denounce him as a vigilante?
