In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court issued back-to-back pro-arbitration decisions in two separate cases. Coinbase v. Bielski, 599 U.S. __ (June 23, 2013) involved a disagreement between the parties at the beginning of the arbitration process about whether a dispute should be resolved in court or in arbitration. The court held that when a party appeals an interlocutory order denying a motion to compel arbitration, that appeal automatically stays the pending lawsuit. This means that even after a district court has ruled that a dispute should proceed as a lawsuit in the courts rather than in arbitration, a party seeking to arbitrate can put a pause on that lawsuit simply by appealing that ruling. Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, 599 U.S. __ (June 22, 2013) involved the end of the process, and concerned the enforcement of an international arbitration award. The court held that a foreign resident was not, by virtue of that status, precluded from relying on the RICO statute to enforce an international arbitration award in the United States. Because RICO provides for the recovery of treble damages and attorney fees, this decision gives a powerful weapon to those seeking to enforce international arbitral awards in the United States.