Morgan Stanley & Co. v. Couch

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER RE PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, LLC (collectively, “MSSB,” “Morgan Stanley,” or “the Firm”)1 move for an order from *1219this Court preliminarily enjoining an arbitration proceeding before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) initiated by Defendant David Couch (“Couch”) against MSSB on June 2, 2015. Doc. 9. MSSB contends that (1) this Court’s August 7, 2015 order granting MSSB’s motion for summary judgment2 bars…