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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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May 14, 2024
Chinese Drug Co. Sanctioned After 'Tortuous' 3-Year Info Fight
Chinese drug firm Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. was hit with sanctions after its chief executive officer failed to sit for a court-ordered deposition in sprawling multidistrict litigation taking place in New Jersey over generic drugs that U.S. authorities say were contaminated with carcinogens.
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May 13, 2024
Whirlpool Service Plans Don't Guarantee Repairs, Suit Says
Whirlpool Corp. violates Washington consumer protection laws by selling extended service plans that give the company the option to buy back broken appliances instead of fixing them, according to a proposed class action filed in federal court.
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May 13, 2024
Flint Judge Threatens Sanctions After Water Firm's PR Stunt
The Michigan federal judge overseeing Flint, Michigan, water crisis cases excoriated a water engineering firm and its PR agency for apparently running a smear campaign targeting a lawyer for Flint children, saying Monday she will sanction the firm if it doesn't turn over documents about the campaign by next week.
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May 13, 2024
Zuckerberg Challenges Basis Of Personal Claims In Meta MDL
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is asking a California federal court to throw out claims against him in multidistrict litigation over social media platforms' allegedly addictive design, saying the personal injury plaintiffs haven't shown he took affirmative actions that would make him personally liable.
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May 13, 2024
Philips Wants Cleaner Co. To Chip In For $1B CPAP Deal
Koninklijke Philips NV has filed a third-party complaint in Pennsylvania federal court against SoClean Inc., which sells cleaning products for breathing devices, claiming SoClean and its parent should contribute to Philips' $1 billion settlement because its cleaners allegedly exacerbated the foam breakdown at the heart of the litigation.
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