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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Baldoni filed the $400M countersuit in January 2025 and it was tossed in November 2025. 11 months of white shoe attorneys is certainly not a small sum, it's likely several million dollars.[/quote]

But it wasn’t 11 months of work. Maybe a few weeks to draft and file the motion to dismiss and a few more weeks on preparing for the 47.1 fee hearing. Not millions of dollars and it has to be reasonable fees. [/quote]

Her lawyers fees will be deemed reasonable even if their rates are high, as long as they are still in line with rates of similar lawyers. She's a celebrity and this was an extremely high profile case, she is entitled to a highly qualified firm. The size of the defamation action will also influence that decision -- if someone filed a $400m defamation claims against you, would you go bargain hunting for lawyers?

It will definitely be more than a few weeks to draft the motion to dismiss. Also we're talking dozens of lawyers here.

They will almost certainly ask for more fees than Limam will grant, but it's not going to be a low number. It won't be 30 million but it's not going to 10k either.[/quote]

The NY Times is seeking less than $200,000 in fees for their motion to dismiss in this case.

Saying it again, Blake spent far more on briefing 47.1 than she is going to recover for the defamation portion of her motion to dismiss given that she submitted multiple briefs and there was oral argument on 47.1.  The amount awarded will probably be less than 1 percent of the $36 million plus she is rumored to have spent.

Futher, I worked in  big law and worked on far more complicated cases.  There shouldn't be more than three or four attorneys working on a motion to dismiss. [/quote]

Exactly. This is a small win at best - she still owes her attorneys millions and gets $0 in damages[/quote]

It depends on whether you care about this before ng a personal win for Blake or a legal win for victim's rights.

Blake can afford to go on without damages, but her win here benefits all survivors who may seek to recover under 47.1.[/quote]

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