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Recent Examples of countersuit
Baldoni and production company Wayfarer Studios responded by filing a $400 million countersuit against her, her husband, Ryan Reynolds, and her publicist, Leslie Sloane.
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Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Justin Baldoni’s countersuit against Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloane, as well as his suit against The New York Times, has been dismissed, a judge decided on Monday.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Baldoni's $400M extortion lawsuit against Lively, the Times dismissed
Liman previously dismissed Justin Baldoni's $400 million countersuit against Lively, Reynolds and the Times on June 9.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 20 June 2025
In February of this year, Baldoni launched a website featuring the full text of his countersuit against Lively.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
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Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
Justin Baldoni’s countersuit against Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and their publicist Leslie Sloane, as well as his suit against The New York Times, has been dismissed, a judge decided on Monday.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Baldoni's $400M extortion lawsuit against Lively, the Times dismissed
Liman previously dismissed Justin Baldoni's $400 million countersuit against Lively, Reynolds and the Times on June 9.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 20 June 2025
In February of this year, Baldoni launched a website featuring the full text of his countersuit against Lively.
—EW.com, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countersuit
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Musk asked for the counterclaim, which was filed in April, to be dismissed, as the latest stage in a legal battle between Musk and Altman over the management of OpenAI, which Musk departed from in 2019.—
Theo Burman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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The evidence for these claims and counterclaims has been decidedly mixed.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
11 Aug. 2025
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Rather than pursue litigation, the owners of seven clubs in the Federal League accepted $50,000 payments and interests in MLB clubs.—
Chris Deubert,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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The litigation challenges the tariffs Trump imposed on a broad range of U.S. trading partners in April, as well as tariffs imposed in February against China, Canada and Mexico.—
Jan Wolfe,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Countersuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersuit. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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