Our first runner-up this week is White & Case partner Jonathan Lamberson who took the lead for Chilisin Electronics Corp. at the Federal Circuit in getting a new trial in a patent infringement case brought by Cyntec Co. The case involves molded chokes—a type of inductor used to eliminate undesirable signals in a circuit. The appellate court found this week that the district court erred in granting judgment to Cyntec on the validity of the asserted claims finding that certain factual disputes should have been put before the jury. The decision vacated a $4.6 million damages award for Cyntec and will result in the lifting of an injunction barring Chilisin from selling products in the U.S. The White & Case team also included partner Henry Huang and associate Hallie Kiernan.

Our next runner-up spot goes to Jordan Greene and Kasdin Mitchell of Kirkland & Ellis. They have been representing pro bono client Ricky Johnson in pursuing Eighth Amendment claims against three Georgia prison officials accused of delaying care for Johnson's Hepatitis C, which progressed to stage 4 with cirrhosis of the liver when left untreated for years. The Eleventh Circuit last week revived Johnson's claims, finding the officials "were deliberately indifferent to Johnson's serious medical needs," reversing a summary judgment ruling by the district court.

Runners-up honors also go to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partners Crystal Nix-Hines and Kathleen Sullivan, as well as associate Alex Loomis who got an important win for the University of Rhode Island in an implied-contract case brought by students seeking refunds for tuition and fees paid for curtailed university services in the first months of the pandemic. The First Circuit held last week affirmed the dismissal of tuition claims, finding that government shutdown orders made it impossible for URI to perform any alleged contractual duty to provide in-person education. Sullivan argued the appeal for the university.