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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

  • July 02, 2026

    Chubb, Lloyd's Units Seek Further Win Against Opioid Suits

    Chubb, Liberty Mutual and Lloyd's of London units and other insurers urged a Pennsylvania federal court to find that they don't owe any additional coverage to bankrupt pharmaceutical company Endo International for the remainder of third-party payor opioid lawsuits filed against Endo during its 2017-2018 policy period.

  • July 02, 2026

    DOJ Says Virginia AR-15 Sales Ban Violates 2nd Amendment

    The Trump administration has asked a Virginia federal judge to take down the state's new prohibition on assault weapon sales, arguing that the right to keep and bear arms must include the right to acquire them.

  • July 02, 2026

    After Durnell, Connecting Science And Causation Will Be Key

    The U.S. Supreme Court's June 25 decision in Monsanto v. Durnell narrowed label-based failure-to-warn claims — meaning that going forward, viable theories will depend even more on whether experts can reliably connect scientific evidence to the causal proposition the law requires, says Alex Smolak at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.

  • July 02, 2026

    Nelson Mullins Adds Yukevich Cavanaugh Litigator In LA

    Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP added a longtime attorney from California-based boutique Yukevich Cavanaugh to its Los Angeles office, adding an attorney with significant litigation skill.

  • July 02, 2026

    Only Bean Misleads On Edamame Protein Claims, Suit Says

    A proposed class of consumers is suing The Only Bean LLC in California federal court, alleging that it misleads consumers by calling its edamame snacks a "High Protein Supersnack," without including the amount of protein per serving after correcting for digestibility.

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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