Our Litigators of the Week are Sullivan & Cromwell’s David Tulchin and Thomas White for their work on behalf of medical device maker Micro Systems Engineering.

The duo first parachuted into the case in 2017, four months before trial. Their client was being sued for breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets and copyright infringement by Universal Instruments Corp. But six days into trial, Senior U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe of the Northern District of New York pulled the plug, granting the defense team’s Rule 50 motion for judgment as a matter of law.