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

  • October 20, 2026

    OnlyFans Auto-Renew Suit Belongs In Calif., Not England

    A proposed class action alleging OnlyFans' parent company used unlawful subscription auto-renewals does not belong in the United Kingdom, a California federal judge ruled Tuesday, finding that pushing the case to an English court would "substantially diminish" Golden State residents' right to bring consumer class actions.

  • October 20, 2026

    Meta To Rereview MDL Privilege Claims Under Special Master

    Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to have an independent special master rereview potentially thousands of documents the company withheld as privileged in social media addiction multidistrict litigation, after a California federal judge criticized Meta's privilege claims and refused to let Meta use an AI tool to rereview 170,000 documents at issue.

  • October 20, 2026

    Student Sues Landlord Over Porch Collapse At Pitt Party

    A student injured when a porch roof collapsed onto revelers beneath it at a 2025 St. Patrick's Day party near the University of Pittsburgh sued the property owner in Pennsylvania state court, claiming wood rot had made the porch unsafe.

  • October 20, 2026

    Baby Food Makers Beat Autism Claims In MDL

    A mother who claims her child's autism was caused by heavy metal exposure from baby foods made by major companies, including Gerber, Beech-Nut and Walmart, saw her core claims ended when a California federal judge ruled that parents in the broader multidistrict litigation couldn't prove the products caused the disorder.

  • October 20, 2026

    Medtronic Sued Over Insulin Pump Failures

    Two women with diabetes on Monday accused Medtronic of knowingly selling insulin pumps with a known defect that can deliver the wrong amount of insulin that were recalled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2020.

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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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  • 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