Designer Jhane Barnes Settles Ex-Husband’s Suit Over Her Company

Aug. 10, 2020, 9:19 PM UTC

Fashion designer Jhane Barnes has settled her ex-husband’s lawsuit in Delaware Chancery Court claiming she uses her company as “her own personal piggybank.”

The Aug. 7 court filing disclosing the settlement of Howard Feinberg’s claims doesn’t include any deal terms. It says court approval of the agreement isn’t needed, even though it’s technically a derivative suit, because the ex-couple are the sole stockholders of Jhane Barnes Holdings Inc.

An attorney for Barnes told Bloomberg Law on Monday that she’s “pleased that the litigation brought by her ex-husband has been dismissed and looks forward to continuing her design work.”

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