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 07, 2026

    GoFundMe Tricked Donors Into Paying Default Tips, Suit Says

    Online fundraising platform GoFundMe is using deceptive website design practices to trick consumers into paying optional "tips" that wholly benefit the company and are automatically tacked onto their donations without their explicit consent, according to a putative class action filed in Illinois federal court. 

  • August 07, 2026

    Taco Bell, Taylor Farms Sued Over Tainted Lettuce

    A Florida consumer hit Taco Bell and Taylor Farms with a proposed class action Thursday over the ongoing cyclospora outbreak caused by contaminated lettuce, which so far has affected thousands of people in multiple states and been linked to two deaths.

  • August 07, 2026

    Hemp Drink Cos. Win Block Of New Ohio THC Regulations

    An Ohio federal judge on Friday blocked the state of Ohio from enforcing a new law that classifies all products with more than a 0.3% concentration of THC as cannabis, finding that the law violates the dormant commerce clause.

  • August 07, 2026

    Judge Approves NJ's $3B PFAS Deals With 3M, DuPont

    A New Jersey federal judge on Friday gave her final approval to deals worth a combined $3 billion between the Garden State, 3M Co. and various DuPont entities to resolve the state's claims over contamination caused by the manufacture and discharge of forever chemicals.

  • August 07, 2026

    Nitrous Co. Says No Proof Whippet User Bought Its Products

    A now-dissolved nitrous oxide company is urging a Florida court to throw out what remains of a suit alleging that a woman inhaled its products as "whippets," leading to her death, saying there's no evidence that she ever purchased its products or that any of its practices led to her using them as recreational drugs.

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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