Judge orders Justin Baldoni’s studio to pay Blake Lively $400,000 in legal costs

Some headlines focus on the awarded amount, while one emphasizes it's a fraction of what Blake Lively originally sought.

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What happenedThe award of legal costs and attorneys fees ordered by a New York judge Wednesday is just one-twentieth of the $8 million judgment sought by Lively’s attorneys in the privately settled civil case.

What changedThe left frames it as "Blake Lively to Get $400,000 of the $8 Million She Sought in Legal Fees From Justin Baldo...". The right frames it as "Judge awards Blake Lively $400G in legal fees after Justin Baldoni courtroom battle settl...".

ConfidenceMedium. 3+ sources across at least two bias buckets with comparable news formats.

Archive healthLive match · 3 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format

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3 sources · 3 bias buckets · Medium confidence

Different Spin. The left frames it as "Blake Lively to Get $400,000 of the $8 Million She Sought in Legal Fees From Justin Baldo...". The right frames it as "Judge awards Blake Lively $400G in legal fees after Justin Baldoni courtroom battle settl...".

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Aug 26, 10:02 PM: Rolling Stone joined the source map.

Aug 26, 10:25 PM: Toronto Sun joined the source map.

Aug 26, 11:15 PM: Courthouse News joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 70/99 and story health is live match · 3 sources · 3 buckets · comparable news format.

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Center ·News report

Courthouse News54m ago

Judge orders Justin Baldoni’s studio to pay Blake Lively $400,000 in legal costs

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The award of legal costs and attorneys fees ordered by a New York judge Wednesday is just one-twentieth of the $8 million judgment sought by Lively’s attorneys in the privately settled civi...

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Right ·News report

Toronto Sun2h ago

Judge awards Blake Lively $400G in legal fees after Justin Baldoni courtroom battle settled

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Had sought more than $8M in legal costs to defend herself from defamation countersuit

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Center-left ·News report

Rolling Stone2h ago

Blake Lively to Get $400,000 of the $8 Million She Sought in Legal Fees From Justin Baldoni

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Judge decides to invoke law that limits how much survivors of sexual harassment can collect in final resolution of It Ends With Us suits

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