Coinbase Wins at Supreme Court as Ruling Backs Arbitration (1)

The US Supreme Court sided with a Coinbase Global Inc. unit in a ruling that reinforces the ability of companies to channel customer and employee disputes into arbitration.

The justices, voting 5-4, ruled that lawsuits filed in federal court must be put on hold while a defendant presses an appeal that would send the case to arbitration.

Writing for the court, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said allowing district courts to move forward as the appeal is ongoing would reduce the benefits of arbitration.

“If the district court could move forward with pre-trial and trial proceedings while the appeal on arbitrability was ...