Overview

• Daryl Hall and John Oates have resolved their two-year-old dispute through private arbitration, leading to a final judgment and Hall’s voluntary dismissal of his court claims without prejudice.
• Public filings do not reveal when the arbitration concluded or the specifics of any settlement, leaving the terms sealed.
• The dispute centered on Oates’ effort to sell his share in Whole Oats Enterprises—which manages the duo’s trademarks, royalties and likeness rights—to catalog buyer Primary Wave.
• Nashville’s chancery court temporarily halted the proposed sale in November 2023 pending arbitration, and it remains unclear whether that deal can now proceed.
• Both Hall and Oates have signaled they have moved on from their partnership and do not anticipate a creative reunion.