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Not With a Bang, But With a Whimper: Strip Club and Valet Parking Company’s...
By Daniel A. Horwitz: Déjà Vu Showgirls is a strip club located on Church St. in Nashville. In an effort to enhance its customer experience, one of the services that Déjà Vu (briefly) provided its...
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Defending Against Malicious Prosecution Claims in Tennessee
By Daniel A. Horwitz: Malicious prosecution is a civil tort claim that plaintiffs can bring against defendants who unsuccessfully initiated prior legal proceedings against them. “In order to establish...
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Second-Ever Anti-SLAPP Petition Granted Under the Tennessee Public...
The second-ever anti-SLAPP petition filed under the Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA)—Tennessee’s new anti-SLAPP statute—has officially been granted, accompanied by the largest fee-shifting...
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Tennessee Court of Appeals Affirms Outright Dismissal of Fired Credit Union...
By Daniel A. Horwitz: In February 2018, Janet Tidwell—the CEO of Holston Methodist Federal Credit Union—was fired following an audit. According to Ms. Tidwell, she was actually terminated because she...
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Tennessee congressional candidate’s $800,000.00 SLAPP-suit dismissed mere...
Yet another SLAPP-suit has been dismissed in Tennessee—this one a mere 12 days after filing. Once again, the rapid dismissal was made possible by the Tennessee Public Participation Act—Tennessee’s...
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Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Rules in Favor of School Board Members,...
In an order issued earlier this afternoon, Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle ruled in favor of Plaintiffs Amy Frogge, Fran Bush, and Jill Speering, who earlier this year sued Metro...
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The Tennessee Public Participation Act is affirmed—and it’s working.
By Daniel A. Horwitz: 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...
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Tennessee Court of Appeals Affirms First-Ever Anti-SLAPP Judgment Under the...
By Daniel A. Horwitz: In a precedent-setting, unanimous ruling, the Tennessee Court of Appeals has affirmed the first trial court judgment ever issued under the Tennessee Public Participation Act,...
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Happy New Year to the Tennessee Public Participation Act!
By Daniel A. Horwitz: 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...
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New Tennessee Court of Appeals Ruling Settles Previously Unanswered Questions...
By Daniel A. Horwitz: As news of Dominion Voting System’s record-shattering settlement in its defamation case against Fox News spread across newswires, the Tennessee Court of Appeals quietly issued a...
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