Our first runners-up this week are Randy Mastro of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Steven Russo of Greenberg Traurig, and James Catterson of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. On Monday they got a temporary restraining order barring the town of East Hampton, New York, from moving forward with plans to close its public airport which were set to go into effect until the next day. The New York Times has described the legal battle as "millionaires (the visitor who can shell out hundreds for a helicopter seat) vs. billionaires (the Hamptons landed gentry they buzz above)." The Wall Street Journal has dubbed it the "Superrich vs. the Merely Rich." Regardless of what you call it, the town will have to wait until a hearing on a pending preliminary injunction before taking any action — a significant win for the mix of businesses, individual and community group clients our three runners-up and their teams represent. 

Also getting a runner-up spot is the plaintiffs team that got sign off this week from U.S. District Judge Michael Watson in Columbus, Ohio, on a $90 million global settlement with L Brands, the parent company of Victoria's Secret. Shareholders alleged that board members tolerated a "pervasive and systematic sexual harassment" at Vicotria's Secret contributing to reputational and financial losses. On top of the payout, the settlement also requires governance and policy reforms by the company. The plaintiffs team included Manisha Sheth of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Stanley Bernstein of Bernstein Liebhard, Mark Lebovitch of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Julie Reiser of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, and Deborah Clark-Weintraub of Scott + Scott.

Runners-up honors also go to Scott Stevens of Alston & Bird; Deron Dacus of The Dacus Firm, and Carolyn Chang of Marton Ribera Schumann & Chang who scored a sweeping defense-side patent win for real estate brokerage Redfin Corp. in a case brought by one of the company's co-founders over 3D home tour technology. A federal jury in Waco, Texas, this week found that Redfin didn't infringe any of the 10 patent claims asserted by Surefield, a company started by David Eraker after he left Redfin in 2012. Surefield was seeking more than $66 million in damages. What's more, the jury found the 10 claims, which spanned four different patents, were invalid. The trial team was supported by Karlee Wroblewski and Nic Marais of Alston & Bird, Ryan Marton and Hector Ribera of MRSC, and Darryl Adams of Slayden Grubert Beard.