Overview

• At Cannes Lions 2025, Ryan Reynolds joked about ‘being around lawyers’ while promoting his Wrexham soccer club, referencing his and Lively’s legal clash with Baldoni.
• A federal judge tossed Baldoni’s $400 million countersuit against Blake Lively, Reynolds and her publicist in mid-June.
• Judge Lewis Liman ruled that Baldoni may obtain certain text messages between Taylor Swift and Lively to assess her harassment and retaliation allegations.
• Baldoni withdrew his effort to subpoena Taylor Swift as a witness after his countersuit was dismissed.
• The case remains set for trial in March 2026 as both sides finalize pretrial preparations.