Court dismisses NewJeans' appeal against injuction ruling
On Tuesday (Jun 17), the 25-2 Civil Division of the Seoul High Court dismissed an appeal filed by members of K-pop girl group NewJeans against a previous court ruling to prohibit their independent activities.
NewJeans court ruling 2024 update: Seoul High Court upheld an injunction banning NewJeans from independent activities. The K-pop group faces a 1 billion won penalty per violation. NewJeans hiatus news followed their Hong Kong show due to legal pressure.
In November last year, NewJeans unilaterally ended their contracts with South Korean music label Ador, citing workplace harassment and other issues. The group then proceeded to carry out numerous independent activities.
In January this year, Ador applied for an injunction against NewJeans that would prohibit members of the quintet from signing advertising contracts independently. On Mar 21,
Last month, the Seoul Central District Court announced that it had accepted Ador's application for an indirect compulsory enforcement – a type of penalty imposed for not complying with a court order – against NewJeans.
As such, the court declared that each NewJeans member will have to pay 1 billion won (US$727,180) for every unauthorised activity performed from here on out.
As of writing, NewJeans has yet to issue a statement on Tuesday's ruling.
Separately, the first trial for the main lawsuit filed by Ador against NewJeans to confirm the validity of their exclusive contracts is currently ongoing.
Source: cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com
