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- A rule in the Middle Tennessee’s federal district court that prevented public speech from lawyers on their cases was lifted on May 15.
- The rule was central to a lawsuit filed by local attorney Daniel Horwitz in 2024 after he was barred from speaking publicly about his cases against CoreCivic, the private prison company.
by Rod Williams, May 20, 2025- To read the full Tennessean story follow this link.
I became acquainted with Horwitz back in about 2012 when he advocated for the right of a company to provide ridesharing service. This was before Uber was a thing, and the city was committed to protecting taxi companies from competition. For more on that effort read The indefensible public policy of shielding big taxi companies from competition, by Horwitz. I reported on developments in that fight extensively on this blog
In this current victory overturning a rule that curtailed the free speech rights of attorneys, Horwitz was represented by the Institute for Justice. The Institute for Justice is a non-profit civil liberties organization. They have been involved in several high-profile cases here in Nashville over the years. They were involved in the ridesharing case mentioned above.
You may be familiar with the case Joy Ford. Joy Ford owned a small recording studio in the Music Row area and the city tried for years to take her property by imminent domain and sell the property to her bigger neighbor. Eventually Ford won. She was represented by The Institute for Justice.
Institute for Justice is one of the organizations I support with my charitable giving. To learn more about the organization, follow this link. Daniel Horwitz blogs Supreme Court of Tennessee Blog.
A big congratulations to Daniel Horwitz and The Institute for Justice.
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