Hot Topics: The Supreme Court’s March on Arbitration

The CPR Institute’s long-running current events YouTube panel discussion reconvened Friday, March 27, to discuss two current U.S. Supreme Court cases—the aftermath of the March 23 argument in Flowers Foods Inc. v. Brock, 24-935, and a preview of Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties, No. 25-83.

These, and more, are the focus of our YouTube panel:

• Philip J. Loree Jr. of New York’s Loree Law Firm at https://loreelawfirm.com/, and writer of the Arbitration Law Forum blog, which discusses in detail topics examined in this YouTube.
• Angela Downes, University of North Texas-Dallas College of Law Professor of Practice and Assistant Director of Experiential Education. She is a neutral in JAMS Dallas office; her firm bio can be found here.

• Richard Faulkner, a former judge, of counsel and an attorney-arbitrator-mediator-author at Bennett Legal in Dallas. He is semi-retired but is joining the University of North Texas-Dallas College of Law as an adjunct professor of commercial and international arbitration; he also is a member of the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals. [The CPR Institute runs this blog and wholly owns CPR Dispute Resolution Services, which manages the panel.]

The discussion moderator is Russ Bleemer, editor of CPR's Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation.

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Here are links for the many references our panel covers in the video:

• Our blog posting dissecting the March 23 Flowers Foods argument can be found at Sasha Hill & Russ Bleemer, “Today’s SCOTUS Arguments on Limiting the Federal Arbitration Act Sec. 1 ADR Exemption,” CPR Speaks (March 23) (available here). The back story is available on these posts: Sasha Hill, “Flowers Foods’ SCOTUS Return, Pt. 2: Support for 'Last-Mile Drivers' in FAA's Sec. 1 Arb. Exemption,” CPR Speaks (March 5) (available here); Sasha Hill, “Flowers Foods’ SCOTUS Return: Amicus Support for Limiting the FAA Sec. 1 Arbitration Exemption,” CPR Speaks (Feb. 13) (available here); Russ Bleemer, “Flowers Foods Gets Another SCOTUS Chance at Limiting the FAA Sec. 1 Arbitration Exemption,” CPR Speaks (Oct. 20, 2025) (available here), and Sasha Hill, “A Review: Supreme Court Considers Another FAA Sec. 1 Arbitration Exemption,” CPR Speaks (Sept. 22, 2025) (available here).
• For background information on Jules, see Sasha Hill, “Preview, Jules @ SCOTUS: Amicus Supports a Federal Arbitration Act ‘Jurisdictional Anchor,’” CPR Speaks (March 13) (available here). See also Sasha Hill, “SCOTUS Review: Can Federal Courts Exercise Jurisdiction on Arbitration Awards After Staying a Case?” CPR Speaks (Nov. 17, 2025) (available here), and Russ Bleemer, “SCOTUS Adds a Second Arbitration Case to the 2025-2026 Docket,” CPR Speaks (Dec. 5, 2025) (available here).
• Flores v. National Football League, et al, No. 22-CV-871 (SDNY Feb. 13) (available here); U.S. Supreme Court docket at https://bit.ly/4bBW17R); “The NFL & Flores: Litigation Begins While Supreme Court Readies Arbitration Review,” CPR Speaks (March 25) (a new respondent’s brief was posted at the Supreme Court docket site on March 27).
• Alexander Colvin’s research can be found on his Cornell University ILR School biography here.
• USAA Savings Bank v. Michael Goff, No. 25-1730. (7th Cir. March 19, 2026) (available at https://bit.ly/4bVlTKX).
• Bruce v. Adams & Reese LLP, No. 25-5210 (6^th Cir. Feb. 25) (available at https://bit.ly/3O6RIbE); see generally CPR Speaks for more on the arbitration limits of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act).

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