The plaintiffs in hundreds of Zoloft birth defect lawsuits pending in a federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) have been granted a second chance to strengthen their claims. On January 7, 2015, Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, the judge presiding over the Zoloft MDL in the United States... Read More

A recent case management order in the Effexor multidistrict litigation has set a schedule to move cases toward the first round of trials. In the November 18, 2014, order, Judge Cynthia Rufe of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, directed that fourteen bellwether... Read More

Recently, a federal judge issued a ruling allowing new Effexor birth defect lawsuits to be directly filed into the multidistrict litigation (MDL). The MDL, which consolidates lawsuits of a similar nature for the purpose of improving efficiency, was formed in 2013 after nine product liability... Read More

In the latest developments concerning Zoloft pregnancy lawsuits, federal Judge Cynthia Rufe of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted 25 plaintiffs’ motion to remand. The Judge determined that there was a “palpable connection” among the claims. The 25 plaintiffs hold... Read More

A new study has revealed another side effect risk associated with the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) during pregnancy. Researchers at McMaster University have discovered that use of SSRIs during pregnancy could increase the risk of childhood diabetes and obesity. This new finding... Read More

The first Zoloft lawsuit trial date has been pushed back to January of 2015 at the request of the defendant, Pfizer, Inc.; the pharmaceutical company filed a motion in April stating that they would not be prepared for the original trial date set for November... Read More

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that when taken during pregnancy the popular antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI’s) are linked to autism and developmental delays in boys. The study, published in the online journal Pediatrics, looked at nearly 1,000 children with autism... Read More

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have just released new findings that show that pregnant women who use antidepressants during their second and third trimester are more likely to go into early labor and deliver prematurely than pregnant women who do not use antidepressants. The... Read More