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Recent Examples of countersuit
The Hollywood Reporter has asked Sony for comment on the countersuit.
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Baldoni, meanwhile, filed a countersuit of $400 million in January against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane's PR firm Vision PR, Inc. claiming that Lively took measures to control the film, accusing them of defamation and extortion.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Though Zaslav and Redstone may not be bringing it up around the fireplace at Sun Valley this year over roasted marshmallows, there is also the matter of Paramount’s more than $50 million countersuit too.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Keough took her role as trustee of the estate seriously, with her lawyer Bradley Russell who filed a countersuit.
—Claire Pedersen, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024
Baldoni, meanwhile, filed a countersuit of $400 million in January against Lively, her husband Ryan Reynolds, their publicist Leslie Sloane and Sloane's PR firm Vision PR, Inc. claiming that Lively took measures to control the film, accusing them of defamation and extortion.
—Marina Watts, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Though Zaslav and Redstone may not be bringing it up around the fireplace at Sun Valley this year over roasted marshmallows, there is also the matter of Paramount’s more than $50 million countersuit too.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2025
Keough took her role as trustee of the estate seriously, with her lawyer Bradley Russell who filed a countersuit.
—Claire Pedersen, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Countersuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersuit. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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