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Product Liability Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on product liability law. Coverage includes tort-related lawsuits and class actions, multidistrict litigation, product recalls, and product safety enforcement, as well as related policy developments.
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Latest News in Product Liability
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February 24, 2026
YouTube-Watching Plaintiff Saw 17K Ads In 1 Year, Jury Hears
A YouTube executive testifying in a California bellwether trial over allegations the platform and Instagram harm children confirmed Tuesday that the company's data found the plaintiff viewed over 17,000 advertisements in one year, with her lawyer suggesting the number reflects that she spent an extraordinary amount of time on the platform.
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February 24, 2026
7th Circ. Questions Keeping 5 NEC Suits In Federal MDL
A Seventh Circuit panel seemed hesitant Tuesday to back an Illinois federal court's finding that several Pennsylvania-based necrotizing enterocolitis suits should stay in multidistrict litigation involving similar cases, as one judge suggested that supporting the lower court's fraudulent joinder analysis could put district judges in a "tough spot."
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February 24, 2026
Tesla Says Calif. DMV 'Baselessly' Called It A False Advertiser
Tesla asked a Los Angeles County Superior Court to vacate a California Department of Motor Vehicles order that it said "wrongfully and baselessly" labels the automaker a false advertiser for marketing its vehicles' "autopilot" function, calling the order "deeply flawed."
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February 24, 2026
Miller Lite Glass Injury Jury Will Hear That Bottle Was Emptied
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that jurors set to weigh injury claims by a Miller Lite drinker who swallowed glass will be told that he altered evidence out of the beer giant's presence.
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February 24, 2026
Meta Encrypted Messages At Expense Of Safety, Jury Hears
Meta made it harder to take action on conversations between predators and teens by instituting higher message encryption over the objections of the nation's child exploitation coordinating body, an executive of that group testified Tuesday in the New Mexico attorney general's mental health trial against the social media giant.
Areas of Coverage
- LITIGATION
- Lawsuits over potentially unsafe, hazardous, or defective products, including drugs and medical devices, food and beverage products, dietary supplements, and other consumer goods
- Product-related class actions and multidistrict litigation
- Liability suits over drugs and medical devices, including off-label marketing, false advertising, and failure-to-warn claims
- Tobacco-related litigation
- Auto defect suits
- Toxic torts, including asbestos-related litigation
- Personal injury and wrongful death suits involving major organizations and events
- Alien Tort Statute cases
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- State product safety regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act
- CFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- CProduct safety and consumer protection controls
- ENFORCEMENT
- Product recalls
- Food and drug safety actions
- Vehicle safety actions
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of product liability practices
Readership
- Mass tort and product liability lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys at consumer goods companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals