NewJeans’ Contract Dispute: Court Questions Trust Breakdown Claims
Apr 03, 2025
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On the morning of the 3rd, the hearing of the 41st Division of Civil Agreement (Chief Judge Chung Hoe-il) at the Seoul Central District Court held the first hearing to confirm the validity of the exclusive contract filed by Adore against the members of the New Jeans.
Unlike when applying for provisional injunction, the members of the New Jeans did not appear. However, the members' legal representatives insisted that the trust relationship broke down. "Management cannot be trusted with the completely replaced ad door. It is important that there was no communication about the alternative as well as the absence of former representative Min Hee-jin. The basic trust relationship has broken down and cannot be together"He was adamant. In addition, he refused to agree or coordinate with Odor, saying, `It is not a situation where you can think of such a thing.'
In response, Adore said, `It doesn't make sense that Newzins, without former representative Min, cannot exist. It makes no sense in common sense that Adore, an affiliate of Hive, the No. 1 company in the industry, cannot support Newzins by finding a producer other than former CEO Min. Former CEO Min also proposed a second term as a director and production, but he left saying that he had to serve as a CEO. "I wasn't ousted, I went out on my own."Newzins recently finished a Hong Kong performance without the help of former representative Min." There is a contradiction in the argument that only former representative Min is possible just by looking at this. The company unilaterally declared the termination of the contract and closed the door to dialogue and communication, so the company had no choice" countered.
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In addition, "Usually, trust relationship breakdowns are a case where trainees have to break (the contract) because they have to find another way to live because they have never settled or it doesn't go well." This is a very unusual case. I'll think about how to look at the relationship"We set the next date for May at 11:10 a.m. in June.
Meanwhile, Newzins notified Adore of the termination of the exclusive contract in November last year. Accordingly, Adore filed an application for provisional injunction to preserve the status of an agency and to prohibit the conclusion of an advertising contract along with a lawsuit to confirm the validity of an exclusive contract. Mr. Newzins said he would give Mr. Newzins a long vacation, in the absence of Mr. Min, an internal report by Mr. Hive that read, `What can be done without Mr. Newzins.' cited 11 things, including the remarks of former CEO Park Ji-won of Hive, as the basis for the termination of the exclusive contract. However, the court cited all of Odor's applications for provisional injunction last month. When Newzins was unable to do independent activities, he announced the suspension of his activities.
Reporter Baek Ji-eun silk781220@sportschosun.com
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