Despite Settlement, Battle over Zyprexa Documents Continues

NEW YORK - Days after announcing that it settled the claims of more than 18,000 Zyprexa plaintiffs, Eli Lilly continued its fight against an Alaska lawyer who the manufacturer says leaked internal company documents to the press and other entities in violation of protective orders. In re: Zyprexa Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1596 (E.D. N.Y.).

Eli Lilly filed a brief Jan. 8 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in response to a motion challenging the extension of an injunction the MDL court entered late last year in an effort to halt further distribution …