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Failed Tennessee House Candidate Michelle Foreman Sanctioned $100,000 for Filing SLAPP-Suit Against Former Metro Councilman Dave Rosenberg

Former District 35 Councilman Dave Rosenberg has been awarded $100,000.00 in sanctions after earlier prevailing against a defamation lawsuit filed by failed Tennessee House candidate and former District 35 challenger Michelle Foreman. A copy of the Court's sanctions order—the largest sanction ever awarded

TBI, District Attorney W. Ray Crouch Pay $125,000.00 to Man They Illegally Arrested and Prosecuted For Posting Crudely Photoshopped Meme That Offended Police

Two TBI agents and District Attorney W. Ray Crouch have paid $125,000.00 to Joshua Garton to settle his claims for malicious prosecution, false arrest, and violations of his First Amendment rights.  The settlement payment comes almost three years after Tennessee’s top law enforcement agency

By |2024-10-06T17:33:42-05:00October 30th, 2023|Constitutional Law, Daniel Horwitz, First Amendment, In the News|

TBI, District Attorney W. Ray Crouch Pay $125,000.00 to Man They Illegally Arrested and Prosecuted For Posting Crudely Photoshopped Meme that Offended Police

Two TBI agents and District Attorney W. Ray Crouch have paid $125,000.00 to Joshua Garton to settle his claims for malicious prosecution, false arrest, and violations of his First Amendment rights.  The settlement payment comes almost three years after Tennessee’s top law enforcement agency

By |2024-10-07T08:19:29-05:00October 30th, 2023|Daniel Horwitz, First Amendment, In the News|

Metro Councilman Dave Rosenberg Prevails Against SLAPP-Suit Filed By Failed Tennessee House Candidate

District 35 Councilman Dave Rosenberg has prevailed in full against a $300,000.00 defamation lawsuit filed by failed Tennessee House candidate and former District 35 challenger Michelle Foreman, a judge has ruled.  The ruling marks yet another win for defendants targeted by Strategic Lawsuits Against

Horwitz Law, PLLC Client Kenneth Mynatt Wins Federal Tort Claims Act Appeal, Unanimous Reversal of District Court Order Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

In a unanimous panel opinion issued on August 12, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ordered that Horwitz Law, PLLC appellate client Kenneth Mynatt's malicious prosecution and civil conspiracy claims against the United States—maintained under the Federal Tort Claims

By |2024-10-06T17:34:07-05:00August 21st, 2022|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz, In the News, Litigation|

Tennessee Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court Order Invalidating School Board Censorship Clause in Ex-Director Shawn Joseph’s Severance Agreement

In a pair of separate opinions issued today, the Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling by Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle in favor of Plaintiffs Amy Frogge, Fran Bush, and Jill Speering, all represented by Horwitz Law, PLLC.  The ruling arose out of a lawsuit

In Victory for Horwitz Law PLLC Client, Tennessee Supreme Court Rules that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Lacks Authority to Violate Court Orders

“The determination of whether an offense is eligible for expunction is an obligation entrusted to courts, not the TBI[,]” the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled.  Accordingly, “the TBI lacked authority to refuse to comply” with a final and unappealed expungement order that no statute

Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, Registry of Election Finance Held In Contempt, Ordered to Return $64,000.00 It Collected in Willful Violation of Permanent Injunction

The Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, Registry of Election Finance “is in contempt of court,” a senior Chancery Court judge has found.  The finding arose from the Registry’s willful collection of $64,000.00 in PAC fees in violation of a permanent injunction prohibiting

Horwitz Law, PLLC Clients the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Save Nashville Now Prevail in Court of Appeals Litigation Over Invalid Referendum

Bringing a multi-year saga to its likely conclusion, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has unanimously held that a referendum petition filed by an amorphous entity calling itself "4 Good Government" was fatally defective because it illicitly prescribed multiple election dates, rather than complying with

By |2024-10-06T17:35:20-05:00March 30th, 2022|Appeals, Election Law, In the News|

Happy New Year to the Tennessee Public Participation Act!

By Daniel A. Horwitz (Republished from the Tennessee Free Speech Blog): In 2019, Tennessee’s free speech law underwent a sea change.  The Tennessee Public Participation Act—Tennessee’s first-ever meaningful anti-SLAPP law—took effect, ushering in a host of critical protections for people sued for defamation (libel

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