Our Litigators of the Week are Brian Rosenthal, Stuart Rosenberg and Audrey Yang of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. This past week, they helped Cisco Systems Inc. secure a rare directed verdict before closing arguments in a patent infringement trial with $120 million in damages on the line. U.S. District Judge Alan Albright in Waco has only granted rule 50(a) motions three times. Rosenthal now has been lead counsel in two of those cases.

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