For lawyers, there’s a fine art to litigating in the press, of calibrating how to shape a public narrative without running afoul of ethics rules or antagonizing judges.

As Blake Lively's legal battle with Justin Baldoni wages on, the actress has faced some ups and downs with some of her closest friends. The Gossip Girl alum has been tangled up in legal drama since she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her It Ends With Us costar and director in December 2024,