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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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January 16, 2026
What To Watch For In 1st Paragard Bellwether Trial
Drugmaker Teva is set to face its first bellwether trial starting Tuesday in a multidistrict litigation containing thousands of claims that the Paragard copper IUD was prone to breaking and leaving pieces inside patients' uteri. Here, Law360 previews a trial that's shaping up to be a science-heavy battle of the experts.
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January 16, 2026
$29M Deal In Boeing Supplier Fraud Suit Gets Final OK
A New York federal judge on Friday approved a $29 million deal to close out a suit alleging that Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. misled investors by failing to disclose pervasive quality problems and a documented history of supplying its chief customer, The Boeing Co., with defective plane parts.
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January 16, 2026
5 Advertising Law Trends That Will Shape 2026
The legal landscape for advertisers will grow only more complex this year, with ongoing trends including a federal regulatory retreat, more aggressive action by the states, a focus on child privacy and expanded scrutiny of "natural" claims, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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January 16, 2026
Tesla Gets 5-Week Extension In NHTSA Probe
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is giving Tesla an extra five weeks to respond to an investigation that the agency opened last fall into reports of accidents and traffic law violations involving vehicles operating with its driver assistance system known as Full Self-Driving.
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January 16, 2026
High Court Will Hear $1.2M Monsanto Verdict Appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up Monsanto's appeal of a $1.2 million jury award in favor of a man who claimed that the Bayer AG subsidiary's Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, after the U.S. solicitor general urged the court to take the case last year.
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