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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 27, 2026
Tech Critics See Hope In Social Media Verdicts
The courts are emerging as the forum to hold social media giants accountable for their algorithms now that two multimillion-dollar jury verdicts determined the platforms are harming the mental health of young people, after years of being unchecked by Congress.
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March 27, 2026
Elizabeth Holmes Gets 11-Year Prison Sentence Cut By A Year
A California federal judge has shaved off a year from convicted ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year and three-month prison sentence for securities fraud due to recent sentencing guideline amendments, reducing her time behind bars by one year, instead of the two years she requested, amid objections by prosecutors.
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March 27, 2026
Segway Scooter Recall Claims Must Be Arbitrated, Judge Rules
Segway successfully pushed into arbitration claims that it built an electric scooter with a dangerous defect that caused the handlebars to collapse mid-ride, after a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled the buyer failed to opt out of a "shrinkwrap" agreement on the scooters' packaging.
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March 27, 2026
Honda System Not 'Perfect,' But Also Not Defective, Jury Told
Honda's collision avoidance system, while not "perfect," should not be considered defective under industry standards, an attorney for the automaker's U.S. arm told a California federal court jury Friday during closing arguments in a class action over claims by 100,000-plus drivers that the system caused dangerously abrupt stops.
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March 27, 2026
Uber Crash Liability Case Review Denied By Texas High Court
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday declined to review a case brought by passengers injured in a car crash during a trip arranged through Uber Technologies Inc.'s app, leaving intact a lower court ruling rejecting their liability claims and finding that the company's drivers are independent contractors under state law.
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