{"id":6280,"date":"2025-06-05T02:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/newjeans-members-to-be-fined-for-unauthorized-activities-court-ruling\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T02:43:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T02:43:06","slug":"newjeans-members-to-be-fined-for-unauthorized-activities-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/newjeans-members-to-be-fined-for-unauthorized-activities-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"NewJeans Members to Be Fined for Unauthorized Activities: Court Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<span>T<\/span>he ongoing dispute between K-pop breakout group\u202fNewJeans\u202fand its agency\u202fADOR, a\u00a0HYBE subsidiary, escalated this week as the\u202fSeoul Central District Court\u202fapproved a stricter\u00a0legal measure restricting the group\u2019s independent activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn a ruling issued Friday (May 31), the court granted ADOR\u2019s request for\u202findirect compulsory\u00a0enforcement, ordering each member of the group \u2014\u202fMinji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin and\u00a0Hyein \u2014 to pay\u202f1 billion KRW ($734,000)\u202ffor every unauthorized entertainment\u00a0activity carried out without the company\u2019s approval. The ruling applies per violation, per person, meaning the members could be collectively fined up to\u202f 5 billion KRW (approx. $3.6\u00a0million)\u202ffor a single unapproved group appearance. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cSince NewJeans violated the obligations set by the injunction by performing under a new group name and even releasing new songs before and after the injunction ruling, it is necessary to\u00a0impose indirect compulsory enforcement to ensure compliance with the order,\u201d the court added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe decision follows the group\u2019s March appearance under the name\u202fNJZ at\u202fComplexCon Hong\u00a0Kong, where the five performed a new track titled \u201cPit Stop.\u201d According to court documents, that performance, along with the release of new content, was deemed a breach of an earlier\u00a0injunction that barred independent activities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cUntil a verdict on the first trial on the ongoing lawsuit regarding the validity of NewJeans\u2019\u00a0exclusive contracts is delivered, the members are prohibited from engaging in any entertainment-related activities without ADOR\u2019s prior approval,\u201d the court stated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe\u202fsecond hearing\u202fin that case is scheduled for\u202fThursday (June 5), and a final decision is expected to\u00a0significantly shape the future of both the group and the structure of idol contracts within K-pop.\u00a0All eyes are now on the upcoming hearing, which could define not only NewJeans\u2019 future\u00a0but also reshape expectations for artist-agency relationships in the K-pop industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ongoing dispute between K-pop breakout group\u202fNewJeans\u202fand its agency\u202fADOR, a\u00a0HYBE subsidiary, escalated this week as the\u202fSeoul Central District Court\u202fapproved a stricter\u00a0legal measure restricting the group\u2019s independent activities.\u00a0 In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[6191,143,2263,1865,1547,686,2243],"class_list":["post-6280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lawyers","tag-activities","tag-court","tag-fined","tag-members","tag-newjeans","tag-ruling","tag-unauthorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}