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• Data on Suboxone Tooth Decay Problems, Other Adverse Events to be Turned Over by Indivior Early in MDL Discovery

  October 15, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Parties involved in Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits are preparing to conduct a census and examine adverse event report data, which will help determine which claims are representative of the litigation as a whole, to guide the selection of potential bellwether trials.

• Multi-Day Suboxone Lawsuit Status Conference Being Held To Review Census Protocol and Procedures

  October 4, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Lawyers will be meeting with the MDL judge presiding over all Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits on October 4 and 5, 2024, to finalize information needed to select a group of representative cases for bellwether discovery and trial.

• Lawyers To Provide Information About Suboxone Dental Injury Records, Product Identification in Their Possession

  September 26, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Judge presiding over all Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits expects lawyers to report next week on the status of their investigations into thousands of claims filed on a bundled complaint in June 2024.

• Representative Sample of Suboxone Injury Cases To Be Identified Through Bellwether Process in MDL

  September 3, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Lawyers involved in Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits will meet with the a federal judge this week, and discuss plans to select a representative group of injury claims that will go through case-specific discovery in preparation for a series of early test trials.

• Suboxone Film Tooth Decay Problems Could Have Been Avoided With Safer Alternative Design, Plaintiffs Argue

  August 26, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Plaintiffs are pushing back against a recent motion to dismiss lawsuits over Suboxone film tooth decay problems, pointing to numerous reports of issues submitted in medical journals and to the FDA long before the agency required the company to update the safety warnings on the label.

• Suboxone MDL Judge Appoints Attorneys to Leadership Development Committee

  August 9, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has appointed five attorneys to serve on a Suboxone Leadership Development Committee, with the goal of using the mass tort to provide experience to younger attorneys on how to navigate a multidistrict litigation.

• Lawsuits Outline How Suboxone Causes Tooth Decay, Long-Term Dental Damage

  August 2, 2024

  Russell Maas

  A growing number of individuals are now pursuing Suboxone lawsuits against Indivior, claiming the drug maker failed to adequately warn that Suboxone may cause long-term dental damage and tooth decay.

• Indivior Files Motion to Dismiss Suboxone Failure to Warn Lawsuits Based on Federal Preemption

  July 31, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Indivior has filed a motion to dismiss Suboxone lawsuits, claiming that allegations of failure to warn and design defect are preempted by federal laws that would protect the company from tooth decay injury claims.

• Information About Suboxone Dental Claims To Be Exchanged By Parties in MDL

  July 22, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has ordered parties involved in Suboxone dental decay lawsuits to submit proposals for exchanging information that will guide the selection of representative bellwether claims for early test trials.

• Lawyers “Optimistic” Suboxone Tolling Agreement Will Be Reached For Tooth Decay Lawsuits

  July 3, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  Plaintiffs and defendants involved in Suboxone tooth decay lawsuits say they are close to a deal that would allow the filing of federal complaints after some state statue of limitation laws would have disqualified plaintiffs from filing.