Appellate Law News and Insights

Over a century ago, the Supreme Court of the United States held in Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co. v. Gold Issue Mining Co., 243 U.S. 93 (1917), that a state could require out-of-state corporations to consent to general jurisdiction as a condition of registering to do business in that state. Out-of-state companies could,...

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In Short The Situation: The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently decertified a class of stockholders who alleged that Goldman Sachs maintained an inflated share price by making misrepresentations about its business principles and conflict-of-interest policies. The Development: The Second Circuit applied the United States Supreme Court's "mismatch"...

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The U.S. Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Kavanaugh for a five-Justice majority, held in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski that when the losing party appeals a federal District Court's order denying a motion to compel arbitration, the District Court must stay its pre-trial and trial proceedings during the pendency of the interlocutory...

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