Lively v. Baldoni 18 - What She Promised the Cast Remains Unclear
Release Date: 05/25/2025
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Gavelheads, it's here! Stephanie Jones's lawyers - Kristin Tahler and Maaren Shah - join us to discuss what Jones v Abel is really about! While we have them, we get their take on the utilization of Doe lawsuits in litigation, and dive deep into third-party subpoenas. After filing a couple third-party subpoenas meant to illuminate information related to who created the allegedly defamatory website and various social media accounts associated, an unexpected objection entered the docket. What might that mean? Support the show, get rid of ads, and get bonus stuff over on
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It's our final catch up on the Jones v. Abel docket before we have Stephanie Jones's lawyers on! MJ is back to break down this one. It's very business-y and contract-y and that's just what MJ Morley probably knows best! Does Wayfarer have any chance at these counterclaims against Jones and Jonesworks? Find out!
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There's lot of copy and paste in this one, but also some realllly interesting stuff. How is Wayfarer going to defend themselves against Stephanie Jones' incredibly straightforward and coherent case?
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This will conclude Jen Abel's countercomplaint. Next, we'll be onto Wayfarer's countercomplaint!
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We're so lucky to have MJ Morley () back on the show, this time to give us the legal breakdown of Jen Abel's counterclaims against Stephanie Jones and Jonesworks!
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It's part 3 of Jen Abel's countercomplaint against Jones and Jonesworks!
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We're in our alternate timeline to catch up on the bustling Jones v. Abel docket! It's part 2 of Jen Abel's Countersuit against Jones and Jonesworks.
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*RECORD SCRATCH* Hey folks. We had to do a bit of a pivot for a really cool reason. That reason is, we're going to be interviewing Stephanie Jones' lawyers. But in order to do that, we need to catch you up on the Jones v. Abel docket. But that's still also good news, because this docket is really fascinating and honestly pretty fun to analyze. We tell you more about it in the outro to this episode, but expect chunks and chunks coming your way! So this is us jumping into an alternate timeline to catch up on the bustling Jones v. Abel docket! We've already broken down Stephanie Jones's side of...
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GG22 - We're taking a slight detour from our docket order to bring you a very interesting resolution to the subpoena mystery. MJ Morley was kind enough to take us through it, AND give us some breaking news that possibly no one else has discovered!
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GG21 - Part 21 of LvB is Part 11 of Wayfarer et al v The New York Times The FINAL part of Baldoni et al v. NYT! FINALLLY. Attorney Anne Linder takes us through the final 3 causes of action.
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We're getting closer and closer! Join us as we examine a number of 'graphs related to the editing bay, the different versions of the film, and other post-production goings-on, including Sony's response throughout. We also talk about the premiere from Baldoni's perspective from the theater's basement, and his engagement with Melissa Nathan's The Agency Group to manage crisis PR in the fallout post-premiere. There's a ton to talk about in this one!
This is the complaint we're working from if you want to follow along.
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