A courtroom in Seoul has ordered Okay-pop group NewJeans to pay 1 billion received (USD $726,300) per member for every unauthorized exercise outdoors their company’s management, probably totaling 5 billion received ($3.6 million) if all 5 members carry out collectively.
A number of information shops out of South Korea reported that the Seoul Central District Court docket on Friday (Might 30) accepted ADOR‘s enforcement software, citing violations of a March injunction that prevented the group from doing impartial promotional actions.
The ruling follows NewJeans‘ look at ComplexCon Hong Kong beneath the title “NJZ” and launch of a track known as Pit Cease with out ADOR’s consent.
The high-quality displays normal Korean courtroom penalty imposed for failing to adjust to a courtroom order, in accordance to Chosun Biz. Every violation triggers the 1 billion received high-quality per member, inserting additional monetary stress on the group whereas their contract dispute case proceeds.
“The oblique obligatory resolution introduced at this time was made in response to an software submitted by ADOR on April 4. It isn’t straight tied to the enchantment of the unique injunction, which remains to be beneath separate authorized evaluate.”
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In response to the ruling, NewJeans dismissed it as “short-term till the enchantment is resolved.”
“If the NewJeans members win the injunction enchantment, each the unique and the associated oblique enforcement rulings will lose their authorized impact. In follow, oblique enforcement is often issued along with an injunction ruling,” NewJeans’ crew was quoted by Allkpop as saying.
The assertion added: “The oblique obligatory resolution introduced at this time was made in response to an software submitted by ADOR on April 4. It isn’t straight tied to the enchantment of the unique injunction, which remains to be beneath separate authorized evaluate.”
NewJeans continues to enchantment a courtroom ruling that prevented them from partaking in impartial actions outdoors their company ADOR.
On Might 21, the group’s enchantment case has been assigned to Civil Division 25 of the Seoul Excessive Court docket, with presiding judges Hwang Byung Ha, Jung Jong Kwan, and Lee Kyun Yong overseeing proceedings.
The five-member woman group has not too long ago added Park Hyung Nam, a 65-year-old former director of the Judicial Coverage Analysis Institute and consultant legal professional from regulation agency Wooseung, to their authorized crew.
KBIZoom and Naver reported in Might that NewJean’s authorized crew contains legal professionals who previously represented ADOR‘s former CEO Min Hee-jin.
In response, HYBE-owned ADOR additionally strengthened its personal authorized crew with former Constitutional Court docket justice Kang Il Received and legal professional Chun Ji Sung, daughter of former Justice Minister Chun Jung Bae. The company had already secured former senior Excessive Court docket choose Hong Seung Myeon earlier this month, bringing its complete authorized crew to 13 attorneys, the report stated.
The dispute between NewJeans and ADOR traces again to November 2024 when NewJeans unilaterally declared their unique contract with ADOR terminated. ADOR responded by submitting for injunctive aid, securing the March order that prohibited exterior promoting offers and impartial promotion.
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