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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

  • June 22, 2026

    House Floats Revised Kids' Safety Bill After Bipartisan Deal

    A pair of influential House lawmakers on Monday introduced a revamped bipartisan version of proposed legislation to boost online safety protections for children and teens, although they drew an immediate rebuke from a U.S. senator leading a similar effort in the upper chamber, who slammed the House proposal as a "toothless and tepid capitulation" to major tech companies.

  • June 22, 2026

    Texas Asks Justices To Keep App Store Law In Force

    The Texas attorney general urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow a state law requiring app stores to block minors from downloading apps without parental consent to remain in effect, arguing Monday that a lower court "committed several errors" in pausing the measure.

  • June 22, 2026

    NJ Appeals Court Affirms U-Haul Win In Atty Slip-And-Fall Suit

    An attorney who slipped while exiting a moving truck, falling on his face and breaking bone and teeth, cannot undo a jury verdict for U-Haul, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday, saying the lower court properly rejected his bid for a pretrial win.

  • June 22, 2026

    No Trial For Splenda Maker, Scientist In Defamation Suit

    Splenda maker TC Heartland LLC and the scientist whom it accused of defamation were sent packing from North Carolina federal court Monday, after a judge found neither had offered evidence to overcome the other's First Amendment right to talk about scientific research.

  • June 22, 2026

    Boeing Wants Ex-Judge To Be Umpire In Crash Coverage Row

    A D.C. federal court should appoint one of the former federal judges proposed by Boeing to serve as umpire in arbitration over coverage for the 2019 crash of a 737 Max 8 jet operated by Ethiopian Airlines, the company argued, saying the parties reached an impasse regarding the selection.

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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

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  • 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