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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]lol yeah the Baldoni supporters are all totally “organic”

Baldoni people keep talking about how much money Lively is spending, but I suspect Sarowitz is spending a comparable amount. They have all these MTDs to defend and they seem behind on discovery. True, Freedman seems to have fewer lawyers, so maybe they will bill fewer hours over the same period of time. I guess that’s why they’re clearly unable to keep up the pace of Lively’s and are turning in such crappy work product. I wonder how much Freedman billed Baldoni for yesterday?  I’m sure it was thousands of dollars. [/quote]

From a financial perspective, I actually think Lively made good lawyer choices. Both Manatt and Wilkie are mid-tier firms and they won't bill out at as high a rate as the tippy top litigation firms. However, those firms actually are involved on the Lively side, just repping the defendants who have far less to do -- NYT, Sloane, and then Stephanie Jones over on her lawsuits.

However, Lively got a top notch litigator in Michael Gottlieb, a Boies Schiller alum with a stellar rep. I'm sure his fee is super high. But the team supporting him is not going to bill out quite so high as Boies or Quinn Emanuel or some of these other firms, which means Lively should save some money on discovery compared to going with a bigger name firm. But she also benefits from the work of lawyers from those firms -- for instance, in the MTDs, Lively filed last and was able to incorporate the arguments made in all the other MTDs into hers, giving her more room to make arguments unique to her situation. It's a well coordinated collaboration and likely to be pretty financially efficient as these things go (don't get me wrong, this is an expensive case, but all the more reason to save money without sacrificing quality where you can).

The Wayfarer defendants are also getting a lot of bang for their buck by all staying consolidated under Freedman. However, it seems unlikely that will last, and also Freedman's firm does seem to be struggling to keep up with the pace of discovery. In any case, it is very likely that Abel and TAG/Nathan will have to break off at some point, I don't know how they stay together, especially in the Jones v. Abel action where Wayfarer and Abel have obvious conflicts of interest. Abel is most exposed there -- she is the one with the shallowest pockets and it's a question who she will get to represent her. She has major exposure. Wayfarer/Heath/Baldoni should be able to stay together all the way through, with Freedman, but Abel might get left out in the cold eventually.[/quote]

I think your rationale for Abel and Nathan to break off makes sense, but I’m guessing they will stay with WF for financial reasons. Those two are regular people and probably really can’t afford this kind of expensive litigation.[/quote]

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