{"id":140938,"date":"2025-04-18T10:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=140938"},"modified":"2025-04-18T10:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T17:03:15","slug":"newjeans-vs-ador-lawsuit-feud-isnt-over-this-is-what-an-expert-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/newjeans-vs-ador-lawsuit-feud-isnt-over-this-is-what-an-expert-says\/","title":{"rendered":"NewJeans vs ADOR: Lawsuit feud isn\u2019t over, this is what an expert says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NewJeans<\/strong>\u2019 legal battle with ADOR is heating up. After losing the injunction in March, the girls are still locked in a contract validity lawsuit they have to win if they want to exit the agency for good. The second hearing is set for June 5, and things are looking messy, especially with the whole HYBE vs. Min Hee Jin corporate feud happening too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1912435717571068016\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The court has rejected NewJeans&#39; objection to the injunction that restricts their independent activities. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FpQMj8t4Cg\">pic.twitter.com\/FpQMj8t4Cg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; About Music (@AboutMusicYT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AboutMusicYT\/status\/1912435717571068016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Legal expert Bae Jin Sung told The Korea Herald that the injunction loss doesn\u2019t mess up the case for NewJeans, but it doesn\u2019t help either. The main issue is whether ADOR broke contract terms and mistreated the girls, which the quintet has been trying to prove. But here\u2019s the twist: even if <strong>ex-ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin<\/strong> wins her shareholder dispute with HYBE, it doesn\u2019t automatically help NewJeans. These are two different battles that might not influence each other.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pannchoa\/status\/1902955068699316524\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#39;BREAKING&#39; The court rules that NJZ (NewJeans) must not engage in independent activities and grants ADOR&#39;s injunction<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bFQIkL6XUU\">https:\/\/t.co\/bFQIkL6XUU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qsH0Wviut\">pic.twitter.com\/2qsH0Wviut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; pannchoa (@pannchoa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pannchoa\/status\/1902955068699316524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As of now, <strong>NewJeans<\/strong> are still contract-bound, which means they can\u2019t release new music, do live shows, or have separate social media accounts without the agency\u2019s permission. The girl group\u2019s last music appearance was in Hong Kong, back in March, where they performed at <strong>ComplexCon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NewJeans\u2019 legal battle with ADOR is heating up. After losing the injunction in March, the girls are still locked in a contract validity lawsuit they have to win if they want to exit the agency for good. The second hearing is set for June 5, and things are looking messy, especially with the whole HYBE [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":140939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[1747],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-140938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"tag-newjeans"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140938"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=140938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}