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La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario (la « CAO ») a rendu récemment une décision dans l’affaire Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited (l’« affaire Lochan »), confirmant la décision de première instance selon laquelle la convention...more
In this month’s update, we’re discussing cases involving climate change, hurricanes, cryptocurrency, and aerial spraying. We begin in Hawaii where that state’s high court became the first to decide whether greenhouse gas...more
The Ontario Court of Appeal (the “Court”) in Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited, 2024 ONCA 784, recently upheld a lower court decision dismissing a large cryptocurrency trading platform’s motion to stay a class proceeding in...more
In a recent decision in Lochan v. Binance Holdings Limited, the Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) affirmed the decision of the lower court setting aside an arbitration agreement as void both because it was contrary to public...more
In this episode of the CryptoCounsel at Wiley, Josh Simmons and Frank Scaduto try their hand at acting (since Matt Damon was unavailable) to highlight the complexities of crypto regulation and the divergent opinions within...more
On May 23, the Supreme Court issued a decision holding that when parties have two conflicting contracts – one that sends disputes to arbitration and one that sends disputes to the courts – a court, not an arbitrator, must...more
With its recent decision in Coinbase Inc. v. Suski, the U.S. Supreme Court held that when parties have agreed to two separate contracts, one sending arbitrability disputes to arbitration and the other sending arbitrability...more
SCOTUS has once again clarified a court’s power to compel arbitration, this time in the context of conflicting delegation clauses. In doing so, the Court aptly acknowledged its standing tri-layered analysis of arbitral...more
On May 23, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski et al., unanimously affirming the Ninth Circuit’s decision holding that when parties have agreed to two contracts — one sending arbitrability...more
The United States Supreme Court recently granted a petition for certiorari to review a Ninth Circuit decision and resolve the issue of whether, when parties enter into an arbitration agreement with a delegation clause, the...more
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
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
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
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
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
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
While there continues to be debate on whether the metaverse is the new world and whether one day we will all become avatars, owning and “carrying” our assets and possessions while traveling around different metaverses, there...more
Of all the types of legal cases, family law cases are often the most complex. "They’re like a pie, and there are different slices,” explains JAMS neutral Hon. Lorna A. Alksne (Ret.). “There’s child custody, there’s child...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
Workplace law has changed dramatically over the past two years of the pandemic. Unfortunately, 2022 (or is it “2020 too”?) is shaping up to be another year full of new rules and regulations within this volatile area of law....more
FOREWORD - On behalf of the new and expanding Goodwin London litigation team I am delighted to welcome you to our first ever ‘Litigation Insights’: a series of quarterly updates on important and interesting developments...more
The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more
IN THIS ISSUE - Alongside the usual challenges of rising and falling values inherent in any family-owned asset, cryptocurrency, which is kept in key-protected digital wallets, is prone to getting lost or disappearing with...more
Permissionless blockchains, like the one underlying the bitcoin payment network, were created to provide the public with transparency over transaction information and records....more