SDNY Judge Cuts Blake Lively's Fee Award to $407K — 5% of $8M Sought
Judge Lewis J. Liman awarded Blake Lively $363,245 in fees and $44,206 in costs — $407,451 of the $8,035,041 sought — in the first monetary award under California's AB 933 survivor fee-shield. The SDNY ruling confines recovery to hours spent defending defamation claims, rejecting a blanket award for Baldoni's full counterclaim suite. For practitioners, it sets the template for claim-level apportionment in fee petitions under anti-SLAPP and survivor-protection statutes.
Source: Toi Entertainment Desk (in) · AP via Scripps News Group (us)