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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

  • August 04, 2025

    FCA Juror's Possible Conflict Can't Justify Retrial, Judge Says

    A class action trial against Fiat Chrysler in 2023 was not tainted by a juror whose employer was negotiating a deal with the automaker's parent company Stellantis NV, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday, rejecting a bid by a class of drivers who sued over allegedly defective headrests.

  • August 04, 2025

    MOVEit Data Breach MDL Advances With Slimmed Frame

    A Massachusetts federal judge has pared down but declined to toss sprawling multidistrict litigation over a data breach tied to Progress Software's MOVEIt file transfer tool, with negligence and several other claims allowed to proceed against the software vendor and four bellwether groups of companies that used the tool.

  • August 04, 2025

    Fiat Chrysler, Drivers Seek OK Of Truck Defect Settlement

    A group of Dodge Ram drivers has asked a federal judge to preliminarily approve a class settlement resolving claims that Fiat Chrysler sold trucks with a defect that causes vehicle fires.

  • August 04, 2025

    Italian Pipe Co. Can't Upend Tex-Isle's $2.2M Arb. Award

    A New York federal judge will not disturb a $2.2 million arbitration award in favor of Tex-Isle Supply Inc. against an Italian pipe maker over alleged defects, saying the Italian company's disagreement with the arbitrator's findings is not grounds to vacate the award.

  • August 04, 2025

    Imperial Tobacco Seeks US Approval Of CA$32B Restructuring

    Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. asked a New York bankruptcy judge to recognize and enforce the company's Canadian restructuring plan that implements its role in a CA$32.5 billion ($23.59 billion) settlement of tobacco liability suits north of the border.

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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