Daryl Hall and John Oates have resolved their bitter legal feud dubbed the "ultimate partnership betrayal". The musical duo have been fighting since 2023 over Oates' plans to sell half of their joint venture to music publishing company Primary Wave. Court filings reveal that the dispute has now been resolved in confidential arbitration, meaning no details of the agreement have been released, including whether or not the Primary Wave deal is going through. Hall & Oates enjoyed huge success in the 1970s and '80s, topping the charts with hits such as Rich Girl and Maneater. They broke up and reunited a number of times over the years, and were touring together as recently as 2022. The pair's relationship publicly blew up in November 2023, however, when Hall launched arbitration seeking to block Oates from selling his stake in Whole Oats Enterprises - which holds the band's name and likeness rights as well as royalty income - to Primary Wave. Hall said he was "blindsided" by Oates' sale plans, saying he did not want to partner with Primary Wave because he disagreed with how the music company goes about exploiting intellectual property rights from the artists in its portfolio. The legal filings also shed light on a larger creative "divorce" between Hall and Oates, with Hall claiming his former partner had recently become "adversarial and aggressive" and that they'd been talking about dissolving their touring company and other joint ventures.