Los Angeles, Aug. 26 -- A judge on Wednesday awarded Blake Lively approximately USD 400,000 in attorneys' fees in her legal battle with "It Ends With Us" co-star Justin Baldoni, significantly less than the USD 8 million she had requested.

Lively and Baldoni settled their 18-month legal war in May, avoiding a federal trial that was scheduled for later that month. At the time, the only loose end was Lively's motion for attorneys' fees for having to defend against Baldoni's failed defamation suit, as per Variety.

Judge Lewis Liman on Wednesday awarded Blake Lively USD 363,000 in attorneys' fees, along with an additional USD 44,000 in court costs. In his ruling, Liman said Lively was entitled only to "reasonable" legal fees incurred while d...