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

  • September 01, 2026

    Samsung Mini LED TVs Lack Actual Mini LED Tech, Rival Says

    Samsung is falsely touting some of its televisions as incorporating advanced Mini LED technology that provides higher quality picture, despite that it simply "recycled" its preexisting low-end standard LED TV and relabeled them as a "supreme" Mini LED, alleges a Lanham Act suit filed Monday in California federal court.

  • September 01, 2026

    GM Can't Escape Fla. EV Charger Defect Class Action

    A Florida federal judge largely rejected GM's attempt to dismiss a proposed class action over its Ultium electric vehicle chargers, allowing a couple's deceptive trade practice claims to proceed on the theory that the automaker hid defects causing the chargers to repeatedly fail and overheat.

  • September 01, 2026

    Meta AI Glasses Privacy Suit Expands To Add Bystander Class

    Dozens of consumers are joining forces to sue Meta Platforms over allegations that the tech giant surreptitiously stores private videos captured by its "smart" glasses to train its artificial intelligence models, adding claims on behalf of bystanders who never agreed to be recorded, let alone used for training.

  • September 01, 2026

    Toyota Can't Block Expert In Carbon Monoxide Death Suit

    A Georgia appeals court on Tuesday largely upheld rulings allowing a wrongful death and product liability case against Toyota to proceed over a fatal carbon monoxide poisoning linked to a keyless ignition vehicle, but said punitive damages were off the table.

  • September 01, 2026

    High Court Case Looms Over State Climate Superfund Fights

    A federal judge has dealt a blow to the viability of state climate change Superfund laws, although experts say the ruling may ultimately be marginalized by a looming U.S. Supreme Court decision on the future of climate tort litigation against fossil fuel companies.

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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