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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

  • September 14, 2026

    Albertsons Owes $2.2B For Opioids, Wash. Says As Trial Ends

    Albertsons should pay $2.2 billion to address opioid-related harms in Washington, attorneys for the state argued at the close of a two-month bench trial Monday in contending that the pharmacy failed for years to appropriately identify and review suspicious prescriptions that fueled the state's overdose crisis.

  • September 14, 2026

    Facebook Third-Party Apps Took User Data, Jury Told

    A technology expert testified Monday in New Mexico's data privacy trial against Meta that Facebook third-party app developers "rampantly" farmed user data and that the social media giant closed investigations of dubious developers without action.

  • September 14, 2026

    Motor Vehicles Lead Product Liability Litigation, Report Says

    An overall rise in recalls of motor vehicles tracks with an increase of product liability lawsuits over autos in recent years, as motor vehicle lawsuits made up half of all product liability lawsuits outside multidistrict litigation filed in 2025, according to a new report by Lex Machina.

  • September 14, 2026

    5th Circ. Frees Ericsson Insurers In Terrorism Funding Row

    The Fifth Circuit found that multiple insurers have no duty to defend Ericsson Inc. against claims the company funded foreign terrorist organizations, saying that the suit brought by two groups of American victims of terrorist attacks alleged the company committed grave harm.

  • September 14, 2026

    Mich. Cannabis Regulators Seek Exit From Buyout Suit

    Michigan cannabis regulators are asking a federal court to dismiss an entrepreneur's lawsuit that claims they coordinated with JARS Holdings to push him out of the cannabis business while smearing his professional reputation, arguing that JARS, not the agency, is the source of his harm.

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Product Liability

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