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[quote=Anonymous]I don't like Freedman, but I'm not *the* vocal anti-Freedman poster, and it's difficult to discuss Wayfarer's strategy without discussing Freedman, IMO. I imagine he is difficult to defend if you are a Baldoni supporter. NAG posted a video today pointing out that Wayfarer should have at least tried to dismiss Lively's defamation claims, because the existence of those claims opens up a lot of discovery on content creators and different media strategies employed by Freedman, his law firm, and Wayfarer, especially because she claims it's ongoing. I hadn't thought about that but it's a great point. Lively is a public figure and Freedman accusing her of lying is probably either an opinion or lacks actual malice because he believes his clients. If one considers Liman a fair judge, those claims could have gotten dismissed going by the logic he used to dismiss Sloane and Reynolds. Lively's defamation claim is arguably even weaker than Lively's SH claim and I generally forget it even exists.

I've always thought Lively was strong on the law and Baldoni on the facts. His complaint listed a lot of strong factual basis for his defense but basically they were not actionable legal claims (extortion, false light, shaky defamation claims, contract claims without the contracts attached to support). So at this stage of the litigation it's understandable Lively is winning but when it gets into Motions for Summary Judgment and the trial, it will become more about the facts, and then it will feel like Baldoni is winning and his supporters will probably be more vocal here, that's my guess.[/quote]

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