Blake Lively and her legal team need to narrow their request for Justin Baldoni‘s communications … so says a federal judge who ruled on the motion.

In a new order issued Friday, a federal judge ruled on Lively’s request for cell phone communications of parties named in a sexual harassment lawsuit, including Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios, and Jennifer Abel, among others … partially granting part of the subpoena, while rejecting part of it.

Basically, the judge finds the subpoena simply too broad — calling the subpoenas Lively’s side wants from Wayfarer Studios “overly intrusive and disproportionate to the needs of the case.”

However, the judge is granting part of the order … allowing subpoenas or requests seeking the phone records of non-parties to the lawsuit even though Wayfarer claimed such a subpoena infringed on their clients’ privacy.

Justin’s attorney Bryan Freedman tells TMZ … “The Court must put a stop to Ms. Lively’s egregious attempt to invade our clients’ privacy. This is a big win. No matter how the Lively Parties may try to spin this decision, the Court saw their efforts for what they really are: a desperate fishing expedition intended to salvage their debunked claims long after they already savaged our clients’ reputations in the New York Times.”

As we told you … Lively made the request for phone communications earlier this month in hopes of finding a “smear campaign” smoking gun. Freedman called out the subpoenas for being too broad at the time, too. BTW … Lively already amended the subpoenas in an attempt to make them less broad — though a judge clearly thinks she didn’t go far enough.

A rep for Lively tells TMZ … “What is Bryan Freedman hiding? After promising to release all the ‘receipts,’ Freedman ran into court to keep secret the phone records of who Baldoni, Heath, Sarowitz, Nathan, Wallace and Abel were calling during their retaliatory campaign.”

Sad news in the snowboarding community … Australian star Luke “The Dingo” Trembath has tragically passed away at the age of 38.

His cause of death is not known at this time.

Word of the loss spread on social media Thursday night … with countless friends and loved ones sharing heartbreaking reactions.

The Monster Energy athlete first started competing in snowboarding at the age of nine, according to a sit-down interview he did in 2020. He became nationally recognized by age 11 and two years later, he was traveling with Team Australian to events around the world.

After hanging the board up, he stayed active in the community, hosting a podcast called “Unleashed Podcast” for the Monster Brand.

Qatar Airways is defending its crew after they deposited a deceased passenger next to a couple for the final four hours of a flight from Melbourne, Australia to Doha, Qatar earlier this week.

As you know, the couple — Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin — claimed they were not offered new seats after a woman’s corpse was covered with a blanket and was placed in their row. Ring said he was simply asked to move over so the woman — who dropped dead near them — could occupy his seat.

In a statement obtained by TMZ, Qatar Airways says cabin crew “acted quickly, appropriately and professionally at all times in line with training and industry standard practice.”

Qatar says they have been “in direct contact with the family of the deceased” and offered passengers “directly affected” by the uncomfortable situation “emotional support and compensation.”

The airline did not respond to TMZ when asked how much guests would be compensated.