The Tennessee Public Participation Act Almanac[1] In 2019, the Tennessee General Assembly enacted “the ‘Tennessee Public Participation Act’” (TPPA),[2] Tennessee’s first meaningful anti-SLAPP statute.[3] The TPPA ushered in a host of critical protections for people who are sued for defamation (libel or slander), false
A trial court’s dismissal—under the Tennessee Public Participation Act—of all claims against Horwitz Law, PLLC client Michael Barrett is affirmed, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled. Mr. Barrett also is entitled to payment of his attorney’s fees on appeal. “Secure Air presents no argument
Following a multi-month prior restraint that forbade local citizen Glenn Whiting and his affiliated entity Liberty Property Services from displaying the message “Mayor Larry Eaton tells citizen FUCK you after Court said city violated law,” District Attorney Stephen Hatchett's obscenity lawsuit against Liberty Property Services
"All enforcement" of the recruitment provision of Tennessee’s so-called “Abortion Trafficking” statute is now permanently enjoined, Senior Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Julia S. Gibbons (sitting as District Judge by designation) has ordered. The decision comes as a result of a lawsuit
As reflected by the terms of a partial settlement agreement filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee today, Knox County will pay Horwitz Law, PLLC client Layla Soliz $71,500.00 for publishing a booking photograph in which she was
Williamson County Chancery Court Judge Deanna Johnson's order dismissing Horwitz Law, PLLC client Melissa Salmon's complaint against Fellowship Bible Church of Williamson County must be reversed, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled. The case arose out of an important new law—Tennessee Code Annotated
Hardeman County Chancery Court Judge William C. Cole's order dismissing Horwitz Law, PLLC client Benjamin Douglas's lawsuit against the Tennessee Department of Correction must be reversed, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled. The lawsuit seeks injunctive and declaratory relief based on the safe
A “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation” (a SLAPP-suit) filed by Jonathan Gilbert—a Smyrna auto mechanic—against Horwitz Law, PLLC client Daylan Langford is now dismissed with prejudice under the Tennessee Public Participation Act, the Circuit Court for Rutherford County, Tennessee has ruled. The court also
By Daniel A. Horwitz: Strategic lawsuits against public participation—better known as “SLAPP-suits”—use the legal system to punish constitutionally protected speech.[1] The Tennessee Supreme Court has explained that “[t]he primary aim of a SLAPP is not to prevail on the merits, but rather to
“[A]ll enforcement of the recruitment provision” of Tennessee’s so-called “Abortion Trafficking” statute is now preliminarily enjoined, U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger has ordered. The decision comes as a result of a lawsuit filed by Horwitz Law, PLLC clients Rachel Welty and Tennessee State