Legal Opinion

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Gottstein

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided August 12, 2010No. Docket 07-1107-cvPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RICHARD D. CUDAHY, Circuit Judge:

The present appeal arises from the flouting of a protective order entered in high-stakes litigation concerning Eli Lilly Co.’s anti-psychotic drug, Zyprexa. David S. Egilman, a plaintiffs expert witness and signatory to the protective order, received confidential documents produced by Eli Lilly. Finding much to dislike in the content of those documents, Egilman wished to distribute them to the media. Not wanting to release the documents to the public in a manner brazenly in disregard of the protective order, he needed a suitably minded individual to act as his…

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