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Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

Enforceable Terms and Arbitration Provisions Important for Providers in Current Crypto Cyberthreat Environment

According to a recent Bloomberg Law article [subscription required], in the past year there has been a sharp decline in active civil suits against cryptocurrency exchanges, digital wallet, mobile phone providers and others...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

SCOTUS Coinbase Decision Gives Leverage to Parties Enforcing Arbitration Agreements

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court held that litigation before the district court must be halted when a party appeals a denial of a motion to compel arbitration. In Coinbase v. Bielski, the courtresolved a split among lower...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Stop the Case: SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Split on Stays Pending Appeal of Arbitration Decision

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Resolving a circuit split, the Supreme Court ruled that litigation, including discovery, is automatically stayed when a party appeals the denial of a motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). ...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

The Supreme Court Delivers a Win for Employers Seeking a Stay in Appeals Involving Arbitration

In a significant win for employers, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) requires an automatic stay of the case at the trial court level whenever a party appeals the trial judge’s...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Supreme Court Confirms Automatic Stay When Motions to Compel Arbitration are Denied

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 23, 2023, majority decision in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, Case No. 22-105 requires a stay of district court litigation if a party loses a motion to compel arbitration and pursues the right of...more

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Supreme Court Requires Stay of Litigation Pending Appeal of a Denial of a Motion to Compel Arbitration

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Executive Summary: On June 23, 2023, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that district courts (i.e. federal trial courts) must stay pre-trial and trial proceedings while an appeal of a decision denying a motion to...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

U.S. Supreme Court: Federal Courts Must Stay Proceedings During Appeal of Arbitration Denial

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The U.S. Supreme Court held that when a district court denies a motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), the court must stay its proceedings while that appeal is pending. Coinbase, Inc. v....more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski: Interlocutory Appeals on the Question of Arbitrability Automatically Stay District Court Proceedings

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled five to four that a district court is required to stay pre-trial and trial proceedings while a decision on interlocutory appeal as to the question of arbitrability is ongoing. In an opinion...more

Sherman & Howard L.L.C.

Good News for Litigants: Court Case Must Stop While Court Resolves Arbitration Question

Finally, some efficiency in litigation! Resolving a jurisdictional split created by the Ninth Circuit’s refusal to stay a case when appeal is taken from a decision denying a motion to compel arbitration, the United States...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Motion to Compel Arbitration Denied? District Court Proceedings Automatically Stayed Pending Appeal

Although many construction contracts contain arbitration provisions, it is not always clear whether a particular dispute is subject to arbitration and, in some cases, a party may seek to litigate a dispute rather than demand...more

Carlton Fields

SCOTUS Interprets FAA to Impose Mandatory Stay of Proceedings in District Courts Pending Interlocutory Appeal From Denial of...

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In a 5–4 decision issued June 23, 2023, in Coinbase Inc. v. Bielski, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved a circuit split over whether trial courts have the discretion to stay proceedings pending interlocutory appeal from a denial...more

Troutman Pepper

Supreme Court Holds That Litigation is Automatically Stayed Pending Appeal of Order Denying Motion to Compel Arbitration

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Last week the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, holding that a district court must stay its proceedings while an interlocutory appeal on the question of arbitrability is pending. The...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SCOTUS: appeal from denial of arbitration automatically stays lower court proceedings

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Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision that an appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration automatically stays lower court proceedings pending the outcome of the appeal. The decision in Coinbase,...more

Burr & Forman

Supreme Court: District Court Must Stay its Proceedings While an Interlocutory Appeal is Taken on the Question of Arbitrability

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On June 23, 2023, in Coinbase v. Bielski, the Supreme Court issued a ruling holding that a district court must stay its proceedings while an interlocutory appeal of the issue of arbitration is ongoing. The 5-4 decision...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski

On June 23, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, holding that litigation in district court is automatically stayed when a party appeals the denial of a motion to compel arbitration, reversing the...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Coinbase v. Bielski: US Supreme Court Issues Opinion

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The United States Supreme Court, in a somewhat controversial ruling, has resolved a circuit split by ruling that interlocutory appeals from a federal district court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration must...more

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