Pro Team’s Bid to Stop Arbitration Proceeding Fails

A federal judge from Southern District of New York has denied a professional football team’s bid to stave off arbitration in a worker’s compensation dispute with an insurance company.   The Las Vegas Professional Football Limited Partnership (LVG), a professional football team in the Arena Football League (AFL), was a participant in a worker’s compensation insurance program with National, an insurance company. Last year, LVG sued National and its parent, American International Group (