As the co-founder of an arbitration provider and a commercial litigator, respectively, we were watching the U.S. Supreme Court case Coinbase v. Bielski closely. At issue was whether a federal district court must stay its pretrial and trial proceedings while an appeals court decides if the case should be decided in arbitration instead of a public courtroom.

One can certainly see how the court’s answer of “yes” last month makes sense, but the dissent also raises important issues that practitioners should keep in mind.

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