{"id":151384,"date":"2025-10-30T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=151384"},"modified":"2025-10-30T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T19:23:08","slug":"newjeans-appeals-the-courts-verdict-and-takes-legal-battle-against-hybes-ador-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/newjeans-appeals-the-courts-verdict-and-takes-legal-battle-against-hybes-ador-to-the-next-level\/","title":{"rendered":"NewJeans appeals the court\u2019s verdict and takes legal battle against HYBE\u2019s ADOR to the next level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Seoul Central District Court<\/strong> ruled on October 30th, 2025, that<strong> NewJeans\u2019 exclusive contract with ADOR remains valid<\/strong>. The 41st Civil Division stated that the agreement signed on April 21st, 2021, continues to hold legal weight. The court also ordered the group to pay all litigation-related costs, concluding that ADOR\u2019s dismissal of <strong>Min Hee Jin<\/strong> didn\u2019t justify ending the contract with the girl group.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;ADOR&#8217;s dismissal of Min Hee Jin from the position of CEO does not provide legitimization for the termination of the NewJeans members&#8217; exclusive contracts. It is difficult to conclude that Min Hee Jin&#8217;s dismissal caused a gap in the group&#8217;s activities, or that it rendered ADOR incapable of conducting its business in the interest of NewJeans.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p>According to the court, Min Hee Jin\u2019s removal from her position as CEO didn\u2019t affect ADOR\u2019s ability to manage NewJeans or disrupt the group\u2019s activities. In addition, the verdict stated that Hanni\u2019s claims that<strong> ILLIT<\/strong>\u2019s manager instructed the group to ignore her and that citing broken trust wasn\u2019t a valid reason to terminate the contract.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1983721454198743384\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NewJeans announces plans to appeal the court\u2019s decision upholding the validity of their exclusive contract with ADOR.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe members respect the court\u2019s decision however, they maintain their position that it is impossible to return to ADOR and continue normal entertainment\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yoipocm0If\">pic.twitter.com\/Yoipocm0If<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1983721454198743384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 30, 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>However, NewJeans isn\u2019t backing down. After the decision, their legal team announced plans to appeal, stressing that \u201ctrust has already been completely broken.\u201d They stated the members can\u2019t return to ADOR under the current conditions. Now, the next court will review the case and could determine whether NewJeans regains control over their careers or remains tied to ADOR for years to come.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote><p>&#8220;While we respect the court&#8217;s decision, our clients remain of the position that it is difficult to return to ADOR and resume activities when all trust between the two sides has been effectively shattered. We hope that the appellate court will thoroughly review the evidence and existing laws on exclusive contracts and deliver a wise decision.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Seoul Central District Court ruled on October 30th, 2025, that NewJeans\u2019 exclusive contract with ADOR remains valid. The 41st Civil Division stated that the agreement signed on April 21st, 2021, continues to hold legal weight. The court also ordered the group to pay all litigation-related costs, concluding that ADOR\u2019s dismissal of Min Hee Jin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":151385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16],"tags":[1747],"class_list":{"0":"post-151384","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\/151384","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=151384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}