( June 18, 2025, 2:09 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana federal judge on June 17 denied a motion to lift a stay on litigation brought by a city against its foreign and domestic insurers in a dispute over Hurricane Ida claims and vacate a prior order compelling arbitration despite a recent ruling by the Louisiana Supreme Court that such arbitrations are barred by state law, writing that there is an intradistrict “split on this issue” and citing two pending appeals....