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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
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November 12, 2025
Valsartan Cancer Expert Blocked, Ending First Injury Trial
What was set to be the first bellwether case in the sprawling multidistrict litigation over contaminated blood pressure medication Valsartan was decided Monday when a New Jersey federal judge excluded as "pure speculation" the plaintiff's medical expert who testified that the drug caused a patient's liver cancer.
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November 12, 2025
Kratom Consumer Drops Suit Over Seltzer's 'Addictive' Effects
A Washington consumer who claims she became addicted to beverage maker Mitra-9's kratom-based seltzers, powders and shots has agreed to drop her lawsuit weeks after the company called the buyer out for claiming to have bought the products before it was even established.
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November 12, 2025
NJ Justices Keep Ozempic Injury Mass Torts Separate
The New Jersey Supreme Court has decided not to combine two Bergen County Superior Court mass tort cases over weight loss drugs including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, keeping them separate based on the type of injury alleged.
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November 12, 2025
Purdue Kicks Off Ch. 11 Confirmation With Plan Overview
Bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma began its Chapter 11 confirmation trial Wednesday with an overview of its latest plan and the myriad settlements that underpin the proposal, including a $6.5 billion commitment from the company's owners.
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November 12, 2025
Boulder Fights Exxon's High Court Bid To Sink Climate Suit
The city and county of Boulder, Colorado, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject Exxon Mobil Corp. and Suncor Energy Inc.'s request that it review the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to allow the city's climate change tort against the companies to proceed in state court.
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