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Recent Examples of countersuit
Baldoni has denied the claims, and filed a countersuit against Lively alleging defamation.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 July 2025
In January the Jane the Virgin alum denied Lively’s claims and filed a $400 million countersuit against her, Reynolds and their publicists alleging extortion, defamation and more.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 26 June 2025
Baldoni’s countersuit, accusing her of smearing him, was dismissed last week.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 June 2025
Today’s countersuit makes note of Robinson’s new What The World Needs Now album that came out in late April and the fallout the rape accusations and legal action has had on the performer’s career the past month.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 May 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 July 2025
In January the Jane the Virgin alum denied Lively’s claims and filed a $400 million countersuit against her, Reynolds and their publicists alleging extortion, defamation and more.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 26 June 2025
Baldoni’s countersuit, accusing her of smearing him, was dismissed last week.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 19 June 2025
Today’s countersuit makes note of Robinson’s new What The World Needs Now album that came out in late April and the fallout the rape accusations and legal action has had on the performer’s career the past month.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for countersuit
Noun
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Perry Farrell has responded to a lawsuit filed by his Jane’s Addiction bandmates with a counterclaim of his own in a Los Angeles County court.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
17 July 2025
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The claims and counterclaims fill hundreds of pages, and the gaps between the billionaires’ accounts are vast.—
Ephrat Livni,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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But the toolbox for Democrats is relatively sparse, aside from litigation or legislative protests.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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Ongoing litigation includes Disney and Universal suing image generation tool Midjourney, the New York Times squaring up against ChatGPT owner OpenAI and Microsoft, and the Wall Street Journal and New York Post versus AI startup Perplexity.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
23 July 2025
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“Countersuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countersuit. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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