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Horwitz Declared Among “Best of the Best” Lawyers in Nashville by The Nashville Post Again

Prestigious legal list cites Horwitz's "high-profile client roster," litigation success against powerful litigants Once again, Daniel Horwitz, a constitutional lawyer and impact litigator, has been named to The Nashville Post's "Legal in Charge" list for 2020, which recognizes "Middle Tennessee’s cream of the crop" for

By |2021-02-17T16:06:58-06:00February 29th, 2020|Uncategorized|

Horwitz Secures Grant of First-Ever Anti-SLAPP Petition In Tennessee in Lawsuit Regarding Negative Yelp Review

On July 1, 2019, the Tennessee Public Participation Act—Tennessee's first meaningful anti-SLAPP statute—took effect. The statute dramatically expanded the scope of speech that receives heightened legal protection in Tennessee. It also equips people targeted by Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation ("SLAPP-suits") with important tools

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|

White County, Tennessee Inmate Sterilization Program Terminated By Historic Order

Federal court orders that controversial sterilization program be rescinded; White County officials to pay Plaintiffs’ attorney’s fees, permanently enjoined from making or enforcing any sentencing determination that is based "in whole or in part upon a defendant's consent—or refusal to consent—to becoming permanently or

By |2021-02-17T16:07:03-06:00May 20th, 2019|Constitutional Law, Daniel Horwitz, In the News|

Horwitz Wins Sixth Circuit Reversal Against Judge Who Instituted Inmate Sterilization Program

In 2017, three inmates in White County, Tennessee sued White County General Sessions Judge Sam Benningfield, alleging a variety of constitutional violations arising from a coervice sterilization-for-sentencing-credits program instituted in the county jail. Among other things, the inmates' lawsuit sought injunctive relief that would

By |2021-02-17T16:07:04-06:00April 4th, 2019|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz|

Horwitz Secures First-Ever Reinvestigation of Nashville Murder Conviction By District Attorney’s Conviction Review Unit

After a years-long effort to secure a review of Joseph Webster's conviction for a 1998 murder, the Davidson County District Attorney's Office has officially authorized a reinvestigation into the case. It is the first investigation into a potential wrongful murder conviction in Nashville's history.

By |2021-02-17T16:07:07-06:00February 8th, 2019|Criminal Law, Daniel Horwitz|

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 Secures Appellate Victory Upholding Validity of Election that Established Nashville’s Police Oversight Board

Nashville's first-ever Community Oversight Board—a committee that will review and investigate complaints of police misconduct that voters approved by an overwhelming margin in a November 2018 referendum—will stand, according to a unanimous opinion from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. The Fraternal Order of Police

By |2021-02-17T16:07:10-06:00January 11th, 2019|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz, Election Law, Litigation|

Horwitz Secures Early Release of Calvin Bryant, College Student Who Received 17-year Mandatory Minimum Sentence For First-Time, Non-Violent Drug Offense

Calvin Bryant—a beloved college student and high school football star whose sentence garnered national attention for its purposeless cruelty after he received a 17-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense—was released from prison on October 31, 2018. Mr. Bryant's release

By |2021-02-23T18:52:50-06:00October 31st, 2018|Criminal Law, Daniel Horwitz, In the News, Litigation|
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