NewJeans vs. ADOR: Legal Battle Heats Up Ahead of Key Court Date
Mar 06, 2025
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NewJeans members, who declared their independent activities by claiming the group's name as NJZ, and agency Adore, which says exclusive contracts are still valid, continue to refute and refute each other's positions on the 6th.
On this day, the two sides differed on the fact that they recently expanded the purpose of applying for provisional injunction against the members. When the members unilaterally insisted on terminating the exclusive contract with Ador in November last year, Ador filed a lawsuit against the members in December of that year to confirm the validity of the exclusive contract, and in January, he applied for a prohibition such as preserving the status of an agency and signing an advertising contract.
Since then, the members have begun their own activities in February, announcing their group name as NJZ, and they will also perform in Hong Kong from the 21st to the 23rd. As a result, Adore expanded the purpose of applying for provisional injunction once again in February.
In this respect, the members are claiming that Adore is trying to block all of their activities. On the 6th, they announced this position through the NJZ PR account, an account created by the parents of the members.
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In response to Odor's request for provisional injunction in January, he said, "At the time, he claimed that he only took issue with advertising activities, but the application included a request to recognize the status of a management company." In response, he argued that "this is an attempt to limit not only advertising but also all entertainment activities of the NJZ" and interpreted that "the ultimate purpose of ADOR is to completely block the activities of the NJZ"."
In addition, on February 11, Ador's expansion of the purpose of applying for provisional injunction "Adore requested that all music activities, including lyrics, composition, performance, and singing of the NJZ, as well as advertisements, and all other incidental activities be prohibited.", he explained.
This was presumed to be 'revenge measures'. On the 19th of last month, Chairman Bang Si-hyuk of Hive directly called U.S. officials to urge them to cancel their performances" has stated its position. Referring to the time, they also mentioned the timing of Ador's expansion of the purpose of applying for provisional injunction.
Chairman Bang Si-hyuk put pressure on the officials of the complex concertPointing out that ' happened immediately after the news was delivered', it is presumed that the decision was taken as a retaliatory measure when the attempt to fail the performance was neutralized" is.
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At the same time, he made it clear that `it is not intended to restrict activities, but to 'with ADOR' and ' keep the contract' to do entertainment activities together.'
Members presumed to be `retaliatory measures' have never put pressure on the organizers of the performance" maintained its original position. As a result, "As if we had already disclosed our position, we never put pressure on the performance organizers, and we did not expand the purpose of the application as a retaliatory measure at all."
With the date of the provisional interrogation, including the ban on signing advertising contracts against the members, held on the 7th, a day later, the tense difference between the two sides is expected to continue in court. Separately, the first hearing date for Ador's exclusive contract validation lawsuit against its members will be held on April 3.
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