( January 9, 2026, 1:46 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a federal judge’s denial of a motion by a group of domestic insurers to compel arbitration pursuant to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention), as codified in Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., finding that state law prohibits arbitration of such disputes....