Northwestern National Insurance v. Insco, Ltd.

OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

On October 3, 2011, this Court issued an Opinion and Order (the “Opinion”) granting Northwestern National Insurance Company’s (“NNIC”) motion to disqualify Freeborn & Peters LLP (“Freeborn”) from further representing Insco, Ltd. (“Insco”) in a pending arbitration.1 Insco now moves for a stay of the Court’s Opinion pending appeal on the grounds that (1) the Opinion is likely to be reversed on appeal, and (2) this Court’s decision to disqualify counsel imposes a severe hardship on Insco. For the following reasons, Insco’s…