U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled that Justin Baldoni and Wayfarer Parties must pay Blake Lively's legal fees following dismissal of their defamation counterclaim. The parties had settled substantive claims in May while leaving attorney fees and damages under Cal. Civil Code § 47.1 unresolved. The counterclaim was rejected in part on fair report privilege grounds tied to Lively's CRD complaint provided to the New York Times.