Overview

• A status report filed Aug. 11–12 in Nashville Chancery Court states the claims were adjudicated in private arbitration and a final judgment entered, prompting Hall’s lawyers to request a voluntary dismissal without prejudice.
• Arbitration details remain sealed, so public records do not clarify when the process concluded or specify if Oates can proceed with his planned sale of Whole Oats Enterprises to Primary Wave.
• Oates’s intention to sell his share—covering Hall & Oates’ name, likeness, trademarks and royalty streams—to Primary Wave triggered Hall’s November 2023 lawsuit and a temporary court block on the transaction.
• The private resolution closes a dispute marked by Hall’s accusation of an “ultimate partnership betrayal” and Oates’s counterclaim that Hall’s statements were “inflammatory, outlandish and inaccurate.”
• Both musicians have confirmed they have moved on creatively and do not anticipate reuniting, having pursued separate projects since their split became public.