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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 10, 2026
Justices Asked To Review $600M Train Derailment Deal
Norfolk Southern and residents affected by the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment who reached a $600 million class settlement told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday they don't plan to respond to objectors' petition seeking review of the Sixth Circuit's decision to toss their appeals of the settlement.
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February 10, 2026
Appeals Judge Questions Sanctions In Hurricane Straps Suit
A Ninth Circuit judge on Tuesday said he's "scratching [his] head" over a magistrate judge's order sanctioning Robins Kaplan lawyers for "baseless filings" in the first version of a complaint later amended over allegedly corroding construction connectors and fasteners, saying it might just "not have been the best written complaint."
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February 10, 2026
Meta Gave Short Shrift To Safety Efforts, Ex-Exec Testifies
A former Facebook safety executive testified Tuesday in the New Mexico attorney general's trial against Meta that over his time there, proposals for safety improvements faced increasing resistance and onerous approvals in which non-safety colleagues "whittled down" their effectiveness.
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February 10, 2026
US Says Abbott Lied, Must Repay Funds Spent On Formula
Abbott Laboratories must face the federal government's lawsuit over the 2022 infant formula crisis caused by the discovery of potentially deadly bacteria in a facility that made baby formula, prosecutors told a Michigan federal court, saying the company "repeatedly lied" about the cleanliness of its plant.
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February 10, 2026
IHS To Phase Out Mercury Dental Fillings By 2027
The Indian Health Service has announced it will phase out the use of dental fillings containing mercury at its facilities over the next 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