According to Variety, Blake Lively won a partial legal victory Friday when Judge Lewis Liman ordered Wayfarer Studios to cover her attorney fees. The ruling came after Lively successfully defended against a defamation lawsuit filed by her 'It Ends With Us' co-star, Justin Baldoni. The judge invoked a recent California law designed to protect sexual abuse accusers from retaliatory lawsuits, allowing Lively to recover her legal defense costs. The decision reinforces California's strengthened protections against abusive defamation suits.

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