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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people have a misunderstanding of the hearing on this thread.

Yes the judge refused to grant the gag order. But he also expressly insisted that both lawyers abide by the ethics rules on trial publicity, which bar lawyers from making extrajudicial statements (basically statements outside of court about court proceedings).

“My expectation is the parties will comply with their ethical obligations,” Liman said. “I don’t expect this case to devolve into satellite litigation over the comments of a lawyer.”

It's not really a win for either party. Lively didn't get her protective order, which would have been a stronger rebuke (but also exceedingly rare in a case like this), but I also expect you will find Freedman is a lot quieter about this case in the coming weeks.

In fact I now think the reason Baldoni amended his complaint last week with all the added emails and texts is because they knew this was coming and wanted to get it all out there and on their website before the judge told them to cut it out. I would be surprised to see anymore "leaks" from Baldoni of video/texts/emails from here on out, and most news is going to come from discovery filings.[/quote]

Here you go again.  The judge also said he saw nothing wrong with Freedman’s behavior to date.[/quote]

It's hard to find a consistent narrative about what the judge said, but that doesn't sound accurate to me. It sounds like the judge criticized attorneys on both sides for trying to litigate the case in the press and put them both on notice that extrajudicial statements in the future could come with sanctions.

I have not read any account that claimed the judge said there was nothing wrong with Freedman's behavior. The judge was unhappy with both sides but felt it could be handled with adherence to existing ethics rules instead of a gag order.[/quote]

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