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Don't look for a reunion tour of Hall and Oates anytime soon. Singer Daryl Hall has obtained a temporary restraining order against former partner John Oates in relation to a recently filed lawsuit. Many of the details in the case are currently sealed, but Hall has denied in the past that Oates was ever his creative partner, and that there was only a business arrangement between the two. He claims that he was the one responsible for all the duo's songs. The two have not appeared together in years but have never formally split up. Until perhaps now.

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/hal ... 235805425/

Hall has denied in the past that Oates was ever his creative partner, and that there was only a business arrangement between the two

Unless they did a Milli Vanilli, both sang on the recordings so much more than just a business relationship. Also, I'm sure the copyright documents list both, so legally, both were involved creatively.

But I'm curious on what has caused the riff.

IANAL, but I’m pretty sure Oates has to stay Out Of Touch.

To clarify:

Daryl Hall is suing John Oates over plan to sell stake in joint venture. A judge has paused the sale

Daryl Hall has sued his longtime music partner John Oates, arguing that his plan to sell off his share of a joint venture would violate the terms of a business agreement the Hall & Oates duo had forged.

The move quickly prompted a judge to temporarily block the sale while legal proceedings and a previously initiated arbitration continue.

A Nashville chancery court judge issued the temporary restraining order on Nov. 16, writing that Oates and others involved in his trust can’t move to close the sale of their share of Whole Oats Enterprises LLP to Primary Wave IP Investment Management LLC until an arbitrator in a separately filed case weighs in on the deal, or until the judge’s order expires — typically within 15 days, unless a judge extends the deadline.

Chancellor Russell Perkins issued the order the same day Hall filed his lawsuit, which was largely brought forth under seal, obscuring most details. An order Wednesday by the judge allowed more filings to be made public, though many details about the pair’s business agreement and the proposed sale remain under wraps.

Writing in favor of sealing certain filings, Hall’s attorneys reasoned that it’s a private dispute under an agreement with confidential terms, concerning a confidential arbitration process.

Although the publicly released version of the lawsuit didn’t specify what’s at stake in the sale, Primary Wave has already owned “significant interest” in Hall and Oates’ song catalog for more than 15 years. In a 2021 interview with Sky News, Hall alluded to disappointment with the sale of his back catalog.

https://apnews.com/article/hall-oates-l ... a592b021d9

Last night on The Masked Singer, one of the contestants who was unmasked was John Oates, sans Daryl Hall.

This is sad. Not even Paul Simon ever filed a restraining order against Art Garfunkel, and the two of them have had a fractious relationship for 40 years.