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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

All of her fees will be reviewed for reasonableness and regardless of hourly rate, her team can’t claim it took them 3x the hours to do something like write a motion. Just because she has dozens of lawyers it doesn’t mean she can claim millions in fees and costs.

Again, none of this is money going to her. So she may save some $$$ but she still has to pay the rest of what is surely a large legal bill.

So again, explain how this is a victory?

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It's a victory for 47.1. It validates the law. And importantly, it INvalidates Baldoni's sham defamation lawsuit by ensuring he and his friends are on the hook for every penny it cost. [/quote]

Far from it, Liman clearly felt there was serious Constitutional issues with 47.1.  He sidestepped them by not awarding punitive and treble damages on alternative grounds.   The fee shifting aspect of 47.1 was never the issue with it.  Even so, I don't think Liman's finding regarding lack of malice would have withstood appeal, and I think he knows that.  But he really didn't want to be the judge to find 47.1 unconstitutional so he sidestepped it.[/quote]

You are confiding fees and damages.

He awarded all fees. So yes, Baldoni will have to pay for all costs associated with his meritless defamation claim.[/quote]

No, Baldoni isn't paying anything, Wayfarer is. And the most they're getting is 300k capped. Literally peanuts in comparison to the 30M baseless suit Lively filed and lost between her dismissed claims and settlement. With their remaining multi-million dollar attorney fees, the $2.1M mechanics lien on their home, Blake Brown hemorrhaging, the new $5M lawsuit with the tesla, and NYC/NY state/and federal taxes, they're bleeding money out of their bootyhole. [/quote]

And neither is really working. Blake certainly is not, and films Ryan has made already seem to be on hold. He’s not attached to any big projects. The ones on IMDB, some of them go back to 2019 and I seriously doubt many of those will be made or at least made with him.

He’s got his mint mobile money, I do think he will lose money from Wrexham, but I’m sure they will be fine. Overall they probably just need to get a handle on their spending. When Blake posted the night of the Met gala, she was in her apartment with 4 women surrounding her. Clearly, she does her hair and makeup at home, which is a nice luxury, but that cost money. I don’t think they are really going to be able to adapt to their lifestyle of having less money.

I also saw pictures of their not yet renovated new home in Westchester where they had the liens, and it is hideous. It looks like a giant warehouse who knows when it will be finished. Are they going to move their kids from their current schools? The kids are getting older so they probably need to get that done fast and move. They bought that in 2017 and I wonder if they’re even interested anymore. [/quote]

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