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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
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April 29, 2025
Examining The EPA's Forever Chemical Plans
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it plans to clarify who is liable for forever chemical contamination and hold polluters accountable, though questions remain as to whether current standards could be loosened and how much help could be needed from Congress.
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April 29, 2025
After High Court Reversal, 4th Circ. OKs Asbestos Ch. 11 Plan
The Fourth Circuit upheld on Tuesday the Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan for Kaiser Gypsum Co. Inc. and Hanson Permanente Cement Inc., which have faced a raft of asbestos injury claims, agreeing with lower courts that the plan was reached in good faith despite one insurer's objections.
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April 29, 2025
Gore-Tex Maker Seeks Dismissal Of PFAS Suit
The company behind the waterproof fabric brand Gore-Tex urged a Washington federal court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing it of manufacturing with toxic forever chemicals while also "greenwashing" its image, arguing that the buyers, who did not actually test their garments, provide no proof that the clothing they bought contains these substances.
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April 29, 2025
Honda America Asks To Halt Faulty Brakes Suit
American Honda Motor Co. urged a California federal judge Monday to throw out an amended proposed class action alleging some of the automaker's vehicles equipped with automatic emergency braking are unsafe, arguing the claims are meritless because the owner's manuals disclose the possibility of false activations of the braking system.
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April 29, 2025
Kim Kardashian, Celebs Challenge Crypto Investors' Cert. Bid
The co-founder of the EthereumMax crypto token and celebrities who allegedly promoted the offering told a California federal judge that a group of spurned buyers should not be able to certify their class action since they have not provided a way to determine how many transactions would fall in each category.
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