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

  • November 14, 2025

    ByHeart Sued Over Baby Food Botulism Contamination

    A proposed class of consumers is suing ByHeart Inc., alleging that the company failed to warn buyers that its baby formula is contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, which can cause rare but potentially fatal infant botulism.

  • November 14, 2025

    Ex-CFPB Atty Joins Duane Morris' DC Trial Practice

    Duane Morris LLP has hired a senior litigation counsel from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who for more than three years in the agency's enforcement division litigated matters related to mortgage fraud, small-dollar lending and a range of related matters.

  • November 14, 2025

    BREAKING: Purdue's $7.4B Ch. 11 Plan To Be Confirmed

    A New York bankruptcy judge agreed to confirm the $7.4 billion Chapter 11 plan of Purdue Pharma LP on Friday, saying he would issue a formal bench ruling next Tuesday explaining his decision.

  • November 13, 2025

    J&J Bellwether Trial Over Talc Cancer Risks Kicks Off In LA

    An attorney for one of two women who claim Johnson & Johnson's talcum products caused their ovarian cancer told a Los Angeles jury Thursday during opening statements in a bellwether trial that decades-old internal documents prove J&J knew its talc products contained toxic levels of asbestos but hid that information.

  • November 13, 2025

    Cancer Patient Was Severely Addicted, Tobacco Jury Told

    The youngest daughter of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer testified Thursday at trial against Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds that her mother went to emotional and behavioral extremes to get her "fix."

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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