A judge on Monday declined to impose restrictions on what Justin Baldoni’s attorney can say about his legal fight with Blake Lively, but warned he may move up the March 2026 trial date if the press battle continues.

A judge has threatened to move up the trial date in the case of Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively if it continues to be “litigated in the press.”

In the case’s first public hearing, a federal judge ordered the actors’ lawyers to limit their statements outside court filings and hearings.