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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This people magazine article is interesting because they are usually seen as a very positive mouthpiece for Blake. They interviewed a legal expert in sexual harassment, and he thinks that the case is likely to settle and “I’m convinced lively’s case is seriously flawed—particularly the SH claims.”

https://people.com/blake-lively-and-justin-baldoni-to-meet-for-settlement-conference-here-s-what-could-happen-11903815[/quote]

Greg Doll is not an expert in sexual harassment. He's a litigator but not a sexual harassment specialist -- his areas of expertise are entertainment law, IP disputes, and Prop 65 defense.

Also, while he predicts the case will settle (not really going out on a limb there -- over 90% of cases like this settle) he also says there's virtually no chance for a no-cash settlement, and that any settlement would involve a payout to Lively. He says the payout would likely be paid by insurance, but it's not clear to me if he's aware of the ongoing dispute between Wayfarer and their insurance companies -- the insurers are refusing coverage for Lively's claims because Wayfarer was aware of SH complaints on set but failed to inform their insurance company, as is required. If Doll doesn't know about that aspect of the case (and there's no indication he does), his assumptions about settlement are kind of worthless.[/quote]

I don’t know who Greg Doll is, I just found it interesting that People who has been somewhat kind with Blake headlines and stories until this latest dump (they did do a lot with the Sony executives calling her stupid and a terrorist and seemed to lap up the Taylor little B texts), is choosing to interview someone who made this criticism of the case.

Most people are not going to know doll’s background or take even one second to look into his area of expertise. They’re just going to skim the article and move on, but it’s not good messaging for her.[/quote]

Eh, the headline is neutral and the expert's predictions are actually split -- he thinks it will settle because he thinks Lively's claims are flawed (note he doesn't say they are false, just that the case is flawed, which is true -- her biggest risks here are actually around choice of law and other technical issues) and then goes on to say that he thinks a settlement would involve a payout to Lively. That's actually a middle ground assessment of the case that doesn't really take sides.

It won't matter because it will be drown out by pap photos of Lively and Baldoni arriving at court and speculation on what it means that Emily Baldoni arrived with Justin but that Ryan Reynolds did not arrive with Blake. People are much, much more interested in the celebrity gossip angle of this case than the legal minutia.[/quote].

On the one hand Ryan being there would have made it even more of a circus though to be fair it is going to be a huge circus regardless. So I’m a little surprised he is not with her. His messaging around the harsh texts and emails that came out were he was furious on behalf of his wife, so it’s weird he wouldn’t want to hammer that home and be by her side. They are in this together and so on.

But on the other hand I can see them not wanting the public to focus on the fact that she has a powerful a lister helping her with the movie strategy. So it’s a mixed bag. And have her show up as a lone woman who was a victim (the designer bag doesn’t help with that though).

It’s kind of a lose lose for them though because people are going to speculate he’s leaving her and he’s done etc. which I don’t believe is true, but I do think will get good headlines for people wanting clicks. [/quote]

I think having her show up alone makes more sense form a PR and legal strategy perspective. It makes her look more vulnerable and sympathetic.

Likewise, it's smart for Baldoni to show up with his wife -- obviously if you are facing SH allegations, showing that your wife supports you and is standing with you is good optics.

These are both predictable PR decisions but ultimately not really meaningful. [/quote]

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