Court Refers Fifty Fifty vs Agency Dispute to Mediation

The group Fifty Fifty and their agency Attract are entering a mediation process over an exclusive contract dispute.

According to the legal community on the 1st, the Seoul Central District Court Civil Division 50 (Chief Judge Park Beom-seok) decided the day before to refer the provisional injunction case filed by Fifty Fifty against Attract to suspend the effect of the exclusive contract to mediation.

Mediation referral is a procedure where the court encourages resolving conflicts through compromise rather than judgment. If mediation fails, the court imposes compulsory mediation with specific conditions, but if either party rejects it, the trial process resumes.

At the hearing on the 5th of last month, Fifty Fifty claimed, "The agency violated its obligations to provide faithful settlement data and to manage physical and mental health, and lacked the ability to possess or support human and material resources for entertainment activities."

Attract countered, saying, "The transaction structure was agreed upon by all members. The omission of sales figures was not intentional but due to a time difference, and since it was corrected and submitted within the deadline, the claim that the settlement obligation was not fulfilled is meaningless."

Fifty Fifty, who debuted in November last year, achieved success with their single title track "Cupid" trending mainly on short-form platforms like TikTok, entering the top ranks of the US Billboard and UK Official Charts. However, members Kina (Song Ja-kyung), Saena (Jung Se-hyun), Sio (Jung Ji-ho), and Aran (Jung Eun-ah) filed a provisional injunction to suspend the effect of their exclusive contract against their agency Attract in June, sparking the dispute.

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