Fewer v. GFI Group Inc.

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Richard B. Lowe, III, J.), entered July 29, 2008, which, insofar as appealed from, granted plaintiffs motion pursuant to CPLR 2201 for a stay of the action pending resolution of a related arbitration proceeding, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, with costs, the motion denied, and the stay vacated.

Plaintiff former employee executive commenced this action for constructive discharge based on an employment agreement, and defendants asserted counterclaims for, inter alia, damages arising from alleged conversion of confidential information and…