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Kris and Luhan's latest court-referred mediation with SM ends with no results + Luhan's side responds to SM's new lawsuit

Posted by Pakman31 pts Friday, February 6, 2015

It has been reported that Kris and Luhan's latest court-referred mediation with SM Entertainment ended with no results once again.

Kris and Luhan have been in a lawsuit against SM to nullify their contracts ever since May and October respectively. On February 6, the Seoul Central District Court attempted to help the two sides come to a compromise, but to no avail. Both sides were still at odds after the thirty minute meeting. Although another mediation was scheduled for another day, it remains unknown whether both sides can ever come to an agreement, considering that this is Kris's fourth and Luhan's third failed mediation.

On the same day, according to Chinese media, Luhan's side released an official statement in response to SM Entertainment's suing Kris and Luhan for engaging in "illegal" solo activities in China while still under contract. According to Luhan's side, SM's statement was misleading and an attempt to paint Luhan in a negative light.

Luhan's side stated the following:

"Although SM Entertainment argued, 'Luhan is behaving however he wants and doing activities in China,' and filed a lawsuit through Shanghai Court, according to jurisdiction rules, SM has no right to file a lawsuit regarding the exclusive contract via any Chinese court; Shanghai Court, of course, has no jurisdiction over this issue.

"According to our investigations, SM Entertainment is suing Luhan and advertisers for copyright infringement. However, SM did not reveal this reason to the public. SM Entertainment's statement that they made to the media provokes misunderstandings.

"We are aware that SM Entertainment is suing Luhan regarding his exclusive contract; in their statement, they said, 'Without sufficient reason, Kris and Luhan left the group without a notice and, as soon as they gained fame with the group's name, they ignored the contract, trust, and morals, and only pursued personal profit.' With this malicious statement, SM intended to taint Luhan's image.