CLIENT NOT PERMITTED TO SUBMIT COUNSEL’S DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF DISQUALIFICATION ORDER
As we reported on November 1, 2011, a federal district court disqualified counsel for Insco, Ltd. because counsel had improperly procured and reviewed emails between members of an arbitration panel touching on deliberations in the ongoing arbitration. Insco moved for reconsideration of this decision and sought leave to file a declaration of one of its attorneys in support of its motion. The court denied Insco’s request, finding that nothing in the declaration raised new arguments or facts that had not been pursued in Insco’s opposition to Northwestern National’s motion to disqualify. The court will limit its decision on the motion for reconsideration to the record before it on Northwestern National’s original motion. Northwestern National Insurance Co. v. Insco, Ltd., Case No. 11-1124 (USDC S.D.N.Y. Nov. 10, 2011).
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