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• Depo-Provera Lawyers Will Meet With MDL Judge For Initial Case Management Conference on Friday

  February 18, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  An initial status conference in the Depo-Provera MDL will be held on Friday, to discuss how the recently consolidated litigation will move forward during coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings.

• Depo-Provera Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Established for Meningioma Lawsuits Filed Throughout Federal Court System

  February 10, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  All Depo-Provera lawsuits brought throughout the federal court system have been consolidated before one federal judge in the Northern District of Florida, for coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings.

• Depo-Provera Shots Triple Meningioma Brain Tumor Risks After Just One Year: Study

  February 5, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The findings of a new study suggest that receiving at least one year of Depo-Provera shots can cause a 3.5 times increased risk of a woman developing a brain tumor.

• MDL Panel To Consider Depo-Provera Brain Tumor Lawsuit Consolidation at Hearing Today

  January 30, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  The U.S. JPML will hear oral arguments today over the potential creation of a Depo-Provera brain tumor lawsuit multidistrict litigation, which would place all of the federal cases under one judge for coordinated pretrial proceedings.

• Depo-Provera Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Medical Monitoring Due to Brain Tumor Risks

  January 21, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  Pfizer and other manufacturers of the Depo-Provera birth control shot have been included in a class action lawsuit seeking medical monitoring for women who received the injections, due to the increased risk of brain tumors.

• Lawsuit Alleges Brain Tumor From Depo-Provera Caused Tongue Muscle Control Problems

  January 14, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A Massachusetts woman has filed a Depo-Provera lawsuit, indicating the birth control injections caused a tumor to develop in her brain that is pressing against the nerve controlling her tongue, which may eventually cost her control of her tongue permanently.

• Woman Files Depo-Provera Meningioma Lawsuit After Needing Brain Surgery, Annual MRIs

  January 8, 2025

  Irvin Jackson

  A Depo-Provera meningioma lawsuit filed by a Virginia woman indicates she will have to undergo MRIs every year for the rest of her life after a 2.5 cm tumor was surgically removed from her brain.

• Generic Depo-Provera Manufacturers Call for Birth Control Shot MDL to Be Created in NY, Not California

  December 31, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A growing number of lawsuits against generic Depo-Provera manufacturers have been filed throughout the federal court system, each alleging that women were not adequately warned about the risk of meningioma brain tumors from the birth control shot.

• Pfizer Agrees Brain Tumor Lawsuits Over Depo-Provera Should Be Centralized in MDL

  December 27, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Birth control shot manufacturer supports the consolidation of Depo-Provera brain tumor lawsuits, but argues that the claims should be centralized in the Southern District of New York, where the company is headquartered.

• Depo-Provera Lawsuit MDL Application Will Be Considered by JPML at Hearing on Jan. 30, 2025

  December 18, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  With a growing number of women pursuing Depo-Provera brain tumor lawsuits throughout the federal court system, the U.S. JPML will decide whether to consolidate and centralize the claims before one judge for coordinated discovery and pretrial proceedings.