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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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March 26, 2026
Ill. Judge Tosses 'Baseless' THC Potency Suit
Illinois cannabis regulators are not so "incompetent on an elementary level" as to be duped into allowing Acreage Holdings Inc. and other companies to mislabel vape products in a way that lets them skirt state-imposed THC-potency limits, a federal court ruled, tossing as "baseless" a consumer-led proposed class action.
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March 26, 2026
Mass. Gambler Says DraftKings, FanDuel Engineer Addiction
DraftKings and FanDuel have been hit with another lawsuit, this time in Massachusetts state court, by a consumer alleging their sports betting platforms intensify the addictive properties of gambling but the companies refuse to implement safeguards.
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March 26, 2026
Stanley Mug-Maker Beats Most Lid Recall Claims, For Now
A Seattle federal judge dumped the bulk of a proposed consumer class action accusing the company behind Stanley mugs of selling defective lids that can leak hot liquids, ruling plaintiffs in the case failed to establish that the business had advance knowledge of the alleged defects.
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March 26, 2026
Hyundai Loses 9th Circ. Bid To Arbitrate Palisade Liability Suit
Hyundai Motor America Inc. can't push into arbitration a proposed class action over allegedly faulty tow wiring that can catch fire, the Ninth Circuit ruled in a split decision, rejecting as "absurd" the automaker's argument that the terms of the vehicles' subscription-based wireless service waived a driver's right to sue over defects in the rest of the SUV.
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March 26, 2026
House Panels Advance Aviation Safety Bill After DCA Collision
Two House committees advanced legislation Thursday that would mandate aircraft-tracking and collision-avoidance technology in some aircraft, and reinforce Federal Aviation Administration and military training and operational procedures, in response to last year's deadly midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet near Washington, D.C.
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