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KEY TAKEAWAYS The Court held that district courts must stay litigation in cases where a party appeals from an order denying a motion to compel arbitration under the Federal Arbitration [...]

On June 23, 2023, in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, Justice Kavanaugh authored the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision holding that a district court must [...]

On June 23, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a narrow 5-4 decision in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, 2023 U.S. LEXIS 2636, at *1 (U.S. June 23, 2023), holding that [...]

On June 21, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a unanimous opinion in Nuvasive, Inc. v. Absolute Med., LLC, No. 22-10214, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS [...]

On June 23, 2023, a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that an interlocutory - or immediate - appeal from the denial of a motion to compel arbitration automatically stays litigation [...]

The US Supreme Court has settled the question of whether an interlocutory appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Federal Arbitration [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We previously reported on the enactment of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 ('EFAA'), a law that amended the Federal Arbitration Act ('FAA') [...]

Chicago: Seyfarth Shaw LLP has issued the following press release: The U.S. Supreme Court's June 23, 2023, majority decision in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, Case No. 22-105 requires a stay [...]

Late last week, the Supreme Court handed down an important decision involving the Federal Arbitration Act in Coinbase v. Bielski. The Federal Arbitration Act covers most arbitration clauses. This decision [...]

On June 23, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States held district court proceedings must be put on hold during an appeal on the question of whether claims are [...]

Today the Supreme Court held that when a party files an immediate appeal of a federal district court order denying arbitration, the district court must stay its proceedings relating to [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C -- The following information was released by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB): Coinbase v. Bielski concerned arbitration cases under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) WASHINGTON, D.C. [...]

California employers enthusiastically received the decision by the United States Supreme Court in Viking River Cruises v. Moriana, 142 S. Ct. 1906 (2022). That case held the Federal Arbitration Act [...]

Judicial proceedings to confirm or vacate arbitral awards can create a conflict between the presumption that judicial proceedings are public and the expectation that arbitrations are private. To alleviate this [...]

As we reported (here), on June 15, 2022, a near unanimous U.S. Supreme Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act ('FAA') preempted the California Supreme Court's controversial decision in Iskanian [...]

California's Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 ('PAGA') allows employees to act as an 'agent' of the State of California and recover civil penalties for violations of the Labor Code [...]

The battle over arbitration in California continues, with a divided panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) preempts the state's Assembly [...]

This morning we attended the Supreme Court's oral arguments in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski. The issue presented in Coinbase is a procedural one, but of tremendous practical importance to defendants [...]

Seyfarth Synopsis: Since the Supreme Court's decision in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, many employers have seen an uptick in plaintiffs seeking to avoid arbitration by arguing that they are [...]

On February 2, 2023, the California Court of Appeal issued an important follow-up decision to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, -- U.S. [...]

Chicago: Seyfarth Shaw LLP has issued the following press release: Since the Supreme Court's decision in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, many employers have seen an uptick in plaintiffs seeking [...]

Once again, the California legislature's attempt to kneecap arbitration agreements in the employment arena has been swept aside by a federal court. As of February 15, 2023, California employers may [...]

As of February 15, 2023, employers in California may once again require mandatory arbitration as the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the Federal Arbitration Act [...]

Mandatory Arbitration Agreements for Employees Are 'On' Again...for Now. Once upon a time, before a certain virus captured all of our attention, the California legislature enacted Assembly Bill 51 (AB [...]

The Federal Arbitration Act preempts state laws that inhibit parties from entering into arbitration agreements. In Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta, the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act [...]

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently struck down a California law that prohibited employers from mandating the arbitration of workplace disputes. This puts arbitration back in play in California [...]

On February 15, 2023, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California's statute prohibiting employers from requiring mandatory arbitration agreements as a condition of hire or continued employment-Assembly [...]