A judge on Wednesday awarded Blake Lively about $400,000 in attorneys’ fees in her dispute with “It Ends With Us” co-star Justin Baldoni, well short of the $8 million she had sought. Lively and Baldoni settled their 18-month legal war in May, avoiding a federal trial that was scheduled for later tha…
Lively had asked for $8 million in attorney’s fees and costs, but a federal judge said the “number of hours for which Lively seeks reimbursement is unreasonable.”
A federal judge says Blake Lively can have just over $400,000 of the $8 million in legal fees she sought for defending herself against a lawsuit that actor Justin Baldoni lodged against her in response to her lawsuit over the production of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.
Blake Lively can recover about $400,000 in attorneys’ fees from Justin Baldoni’s production company over his defamation lawsuit against her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
The actor had sought $8m in attorney costs resulting from her protracted legal battle with Baldoni Blake Lively has been awarded more than $400,000 in attorneys’ fees after her 18-month legal battle with Justin Baldoni. On Wednesday, judge Lewis Liman awarded the actor $363,245.
A federal judge denied Lively the bulk of legal fees she sought, citing the limits of a California law designed to protect survivors of sexual harassment and discrimination from retaliatory lawsuits.
Blake Lively has come out far short of the nearly $8 million in legal fees the It Ends With Us star sought in her now settled bitter dispute of alleged sexual harassment, online smearing and more with Justin Baldoni.
Blake Lively was awarded less than $410,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs after requesting $8 million from Justin Baldoni following their “It Ends with Us” legal battle. A judge called her $8 million request an “outrageously unreasonable demand” as Lively moves forward with plans for a Hollywood come…
The award of legal costs and attorneys fees ordered by a New York judge Wednesday is just one-twentieth of the $8 million judgment sought by Lively’s attorneys in the privately settled civil case.
