Wake Up Call: Lawyer Seeks Diddy Accusers Via Hotline, Instagram

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• Personal injury lawyer Tony Buzbee launched a hotline and Instagram campaign to find accusers of Sean “Diddy” Combs, hoping to bring lawsuits against the rapper as he faces federal sex trafficking charges. Buzbee has already filed six lawsuits against Combs on behalf of clients, and has said that he has a team of 100 screeners and 30 lawyers working to identify potential cases. (The New York Times)
• Daniel Horwitz, a civil rights attorney, is challenging a federal district court’s order that he desist making comments about a private prison contractor he has filed numerous lawsuits against. US District Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Frensley threatened Horwitz with contempt if he continued to comment on the contractor, after which Horwitz ceased talking to the press about the cases. (Free Speech Center MTSU)
• Lawyers representing a man suing the city of Philadelphia were ordered to apologize to residents after they blared a looped recording of a woman screaming for an hour. The lawyers said they were testing a key issue in the lawsuit, whether the man, who was convicted of sexual assault and said he was trying to help the victim, could have heard the woman’s screams from two blocks away. (Associated Press)

Laterals, Moves, In-House

• Ellyn Garofalo joined boutique firm Liner Freedman Taitelman Cooley as a partner in Los Angeles.
• Keo McKenzie rejoined Baker McKenzie as a partner in its North America intellectual property and technology practice group in Washington.
• Monica Hwang joined White & Case as a partner in its global project development and finance practice and global energy industry group.
• Tim Powell joined Morgan Lewis as a partner in its intellectual property practice in London.
• Sarah Guske joined Morgan Lewis as an intellectual property partner in San Francisco. She joins from Baker Botts.
• Amish Shah joined Ropes & Gray as counsel in its litigation and enforcement practice in Washington. He joins from the White House.
• Jennifer Fleury rejoined Hogan Lovells as a partner in its global regulatory and IP practice. She joins from the Federal Trade Commission.
• Ronald Anguas joined Paul Hastings as a partner in its global litigation practice in Washington. He joins from Kirkland & Ellis.
• Ingrid McClintock joined Holland & Knight as a financial services partner in Charlotte, N.C. She joins from McGuireWoods.
• Kris Reed and Edward Mayle joined Holland & Knight as partners in its IP practice. They join from Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton.
• Cindy Duque Bonilla joined Holland & Knight as a partner in its litigation practice. She joins from Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial.
• Sarah Riddell joined K&L Gates as a partner in its asset management and investment funds practice in Chicago. She joins from Morgan Lewis.
• Jenny Speck joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner in its energy transition and tax practices in Houston. She joins from Bracewell.
• Robert Stein joined Pillsbury as a partner in its finance and restructuring practice in New York. He joins from Goodwin Procter.
• Tom Stout joined Davis Wright Tremaine as a partner in San Francisco. He joins from London & Stout.
• Doug Spelfogel and Derek Wright joined Jenner & Block as partners in its bankruptcy and restructuring practice.
• Brian Browder joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as a partner in its health care practice group in Nashville.
• Mason Clutter joined Frost Brown Todd as a partner in its data, digital assets, and technology group. She joins from the Department of Homeland Security.
• Scott Davis, David Timmins, and Tyler Scott joined Spencer Fane as partners in its insurance litigation practice.