Summary

US 1st Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Trout v. Organización Mundial de Boxeo, Inc. (No. 19-1068, July 10, 2020) - invalidating as unconscionable the portions of the World Boxing Organization's Appeal Regulations providing for arbitrator selections, under which the WBO has exclusive control over the appointment of the arbitrators to a "Grievance Committee" constituted to hear appeals of sanctions decisions.