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

  • July 06, 2026

    United Must Face Suit Over Windowless 'Window Seat' Prices

    United Airlines has lost its bid to end customers' proposed contract breach class action alleging they were misled into paying extra fees to choose window seats with no windows, with a California federal judge ruling Monday that they plausibly allege the airline contracted to give them window seats but did not.

  • July 06, 2026

    Special Master Tapped To Oversee $150M Lead Poisoning Deal

    A Missouri federal judge appointed a special master to oversee administration of a $150 million settlement between a mining company controlled by billionaire Ira Rennert and Peruvian citizens who alleged that children were harmed by lead emissions from mining facilities in the Andes.

  • July 06, 2026

    3M, Chubb Settle Suit Over Warming Device Defense Coverage

    3M Co. and Chubb unit Federal Insurance Co. reached a deal resolving a dispute over insurance coverage for thousands of product liability lawsuits claiming that a 3M post-surgery warming device caused patients to develop infections.

  • July 06, 2026

    Supreme Court Lets Texas Age Verification Law Stand

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday gave a green light for the Texas attorney general to enforce a law requiring app stores to block minors from downloading apps without parental consent, dealing a blow to advocacy groups who hoped to stay enforcement of the law.

  • July 06, 2026

    Apple Hit With Ill. Biometric Privacy Suit Over Eye Scans

    A putative class sued Apple in Illinois federal court, alleging it violated Illinois' biometric privacy law, claiming that while Apple informs users it collects facial template geometry for facial recognition purposes, it doesn't disclose the scans it takes of irises or retinas and can't secure written consent the law requires.

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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