NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Daryl Hall has tooklegalactionagainst his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that his strategy to sell off his share of a joint endeavor would break the terms of a company contract the Hall & Oates duo had created.
The relocation rapidly triggered a judge to briefly block the sale while legal procedures and a formerly started arbitration continue.
A Nashville chancery court judge provided the short-lived limiting order on Nov. 16, writing that Oates and others included in his trust can’t relocation to close the sale of their share of Whole Oats Enterprises LLP to Primary Wave IP Investment Management LLC upuntil an arbitrator in a independently submitted case weighs in on the offer, or upuntil the judge’s order ends — normally within 15 days, unless a judge extends the duedate.
Chancellor Russell Perkins released the order the verysame day Hall submitted his suit, which was mainly brought forth under seal, obscuring most information. An order Wednesday by the judge permitted more filings to be made public, though numerous information about the set’s service arrangement and the proposed sale stay under covers.
Writing in favor of sealing specific filings, Hall’s lawyers reasoned that it’s a personal conflict under an arrangement with personal terms, worrying a personal arbitration procedure.
Although the openly launched variation of the claim didn’t define what’s at stake in the sale, Primary Wave has alr