Product Liability

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

  • August 03, 2026

    Albertsons Says Wash. Slow To Warn Of Bad Drug Prescribers

    Washington regulators didn't notify pharmacies or patients about doctors' potentially improper opioid prescribing until months after receiving complaints, Albertsons' counsel told a Seattle judge Monday, as the bench trial over Washington's claims the pharmacy chain helped fuel the state's overdose crisis entered its fourth week.

  • August 03, 2026

    Boeing, UN Worker's Family Set For 3rd Ethiopian Air Trial

    Boeing is set to face its most evidence-packed trial yet as the family of a former United Nations executive prepares to ask a third Illinois federal jury for damages for a 737 Max 8 jet that crashed within minutes of takeoff.

  • August 03, 2026

    Tenn. Official Tells Meta Jury Teen Sadness Rates Rising

    The executive director of Tennessee's Commission on Children and Youth testified Monday in the state's mental health trial against Meta that the percentage of high school students in the state who report feeling sad or hopeless has been trending upward in the last decade.

  • August 03, 2026

    Shipbuilder Ditches Pa. Suit Over Baltimore Bridge Collapse

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit alleging South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. designed and built a "fatally flawed" container ship that subsequently slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge. 

  • August 03, 2026

    Nvidia Brass Face Suit Over AI Training Using Pirated Works

    Nvidia's leadership faces a shareholder suit in Illinois federal court alleging they oversaw the development and training of the company's artificial intelligence models using pirated works, including copyrighted books, videos and human speech recordings.

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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