Court approves provisional injunction to preserve status of HYBE subsidiary ADOR against ”NewJeans” (Comprehensive)

The court ruled that HYBE subsidiary ADOR had filed a lawsuit against five members of the girl group NewJeans, asking for provisional injunctions to "preserve the status of the planning company and prohibit the signing of advertising contracts, etc."
On the 21st, the Seoul Central District Court, Civil Division 50 (Judge Kim Sang-hoon) ruled that “the creditor (ADOR) is in the position of a management company based on an exclusive contract,
The court preliminarily determined that the debtor ("NewJeans") must not engage in any performing arts activities without the creditor's prior approval or consent.
Last November, NewJeans held a press conference to notify ADOR of the termination of their exclusive contract, and decided to change their group name to "NJZ" and begin their independent activities.
In response, ADOR filed an application for a provisional injunction on January 6th to maintain the status of the planning company and to prohibit it from entering into advertising contracts.
The members of "New Jeans" are filling the production void following the dismissal of formerADOR's CEO Min Hee Jin.
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The court rejected all 11 grounds for termination of the contract, including the fact that ADOR had made a false statement, but the court rejected all of them.
In light of the circumstances surrounding the contract termination notice from NewJeans, ADOR was unable to carry out its management duties due to the members' unilateral contract termination notice.
"Even if ADOR had some shortcomings in fulfilling its contractual obligations, the fact that ADOR's breach of obligations was repeated or continued for a long period of time is a major obstacle to the claim," he said.
At this stage, when the facts have not been confirmed, it is difficult to conclude that the relationship of trust has been broken." Furthermore, if a member unilaterally withdraws from the contractual relationship, ADOR will suffer significant damages.
In addition, if the members continue to work under a new group name ("NJZ"), it could cause serious damage to not only the brand value of "NewJeans" but also to ADOR's management company.
In consideration of these points, the court also recognized the need to prohibit the activities and commercial activities of "NewJeans" as a provisional injunction prior to the judgment on the merits.
"NewJeans" will be performing under the group name "NJZ" at "COMPLEX" in Hong Kong on the 23rd.
CON" as a headliner and was scheduled to release a new song.
Following the court's decision to grant the provisional injunction, ADOR will now be performing as "NewJeans." ADOR said, "Our status as the management office of NewJeans has now been legally confirmed.
"We will continue to do our utmost to support artists in the future," he said, "and we will do our utmost to support NewJeans, who is under ADOR, so that their performance at Hong Kong's COMPLEX CON this weekend can take place."
"NewJeans" also announced, "We decided to participate after careful consideration in order to avoid any unforeseen circumstances for fans and related parties who are looking forward to the concert."