First Amendment

The “Tennessee Public Participation Act,”⁠ Tennessee’s First-Ever Meaningful Anti-SLAPP Law⁠, Takes Effect Today

By Tennessee First Amendment, Speech Defense, and Anti-SLAPP Lawyer Daniel Horwitz: If you woke up this morning feeling freer to speak your mind, there's a reason: A little-noticed law with huge free speech benefits takes effect today. As of July 1, 2019, the "Tennessee

By |2021-02-17T16:07:01-06:00July 1st, 2019|Daniel Horwitz, Defamation, First Amendment|

Horwitz Wins Speech Defense Claim, Secures Full Dismissal of Lawsuit Filed By Strip Club Over Witness Testimony

In a Memorandum Opinion and Order issued on February 4, 2019, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Deja Vu of Nashville, a local strip club, against business owner Linda Schipani. The lawsuit arose out of

By |2021-02-17T16:07:09-06:00February 4th, 2019|Daniel Horwitz, First Amendment, Litigation|

Horwitz Wins Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee’s “Blackout Ban” for Non-Partisan PACs

In a landmark victory against a decades-old Tennessee election statute, Horwitz client Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws—a non-partisan PAC that aims to "protect all Tennesseans’ rights to participate in the political process without unreasonable interference from the state government"—has secured an injunction prohibiting the

By |2021-02-17T16:07:13-06:00October 4th, 2018|Daniel Horwitz, Election Law, First Amendment, In the News|

Horwitz Wins Defamation Suit on Behalf of Restaurateur (Again)

In another resounding win, celebrated Nashville restaurateur Randy Rayburn has again beaten back a multi-million dollar defamation and false light lawsuit filed against him by Thomas Nathan Loftis, Sr., the former director of Nashville State's culinary program.  In a unanimous ruling, the Tennessee Court of

By |2021-02-26T18:48:23-06:00April 20th, 2018|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz, Defamation, First Amendment, In the News|
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