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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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February 13, 2026
Stanford Prof Tells Jury Studies Confirm Social Media Addiction
A Stanford University professor of psychiatry and addiction returned to the witness stand Friday in a California bellwether trial over claims that social media companies harm young people's mental health, saying studies have concluded that addiction to platforms such as YouTube and Instagram is real and can hurt mental health.
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February 13, 2026
7th Circ. Forces Mercedes 3G Obsolescence Suit Into Arb.
Mercedes-Benz drivers who sued the automaker after its subscription-based roadside assistance and other features became obsolete will have to take their claims to arbitration, the Seventh Circuit ruled on Friday, saying the customers agreed to deal with disputes outside court.
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February 13, 2026
Atty Fee Fight Brewing After Google's Chatbot Injury Settlement
An Orlando, Florida, law firm has urged a federal court to grant it contingency fees from a pending settlement in a suit accusing Google LLC and a chatbot company of causing the suicide of a teen, saying the firm was left in the dark about the deal.
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February 13, 2026
Cheap Costco Chicken Made At Tainted Plant, Suit Says
Costco on Thursday was hit with a proposed class action alleging that its highly popular rotisserie chickens — one of the wholesaler's staple loss leaders — are processed at a plant systematically tainted with salmonella.
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February 13, 2026
7th Circ. Wary To Infer American Airlines Uniforms Were Toxic
A Seventh Circuit panel on Friday appeared skeptical of American Airlines workers' argument that it had provided sufficient evidence to infer toxic employee uniforms caused their skin rashes and other symptoms, with one judge suggesting such a broad reading of Illinois law and federal tort doctrine would allow plaintiffs to say "to heck with the experts."
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