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Appeals Court Tosses Lawsuit Against Broadcasters for Violating Publicity Rights During Football Game Broadcasts

Javon Marshall — a former college athlete spearheading a putative class action against several broadcasters for uncompensated use of his likeness — has just seen the Sixth Circuit Appeals Court send him (and everyone “similarly situated”) back home without a parting gift. Marshall — like many others who believe the mere existence of intellectual property protections entitles them to a …


Floyd Bledsoe’s Federal Lawsuit Offers New Theory on 1999 Murder of Camille Arfmann

Buried and briefly mentioned within a federal lawsuit filed this month is a new theory on a 16-year-old question: Why was Camille Arfmann killed? Arfmann stepped off a school bus in Oskaloosa on Nov. 5, 1999, and was found dead less than three days later. The 14-year-old had been shot four times and buried beneath garbage in the northern outskirts of the small Jefferson County town.