Mark Pogachefsky has been planning to retire — but not like this.

The veteran indie film publicist, and president of MPRM Communications, was working on a deal to sell the company to its senior leaders. But when that fell through — he believed they were lowballing him — he started looking around for other offers.

Those plans got thrown for a loop last week, when his entire leadership team left for 42West , taking many of the firm’s clients with them, including Disney, NBC and National Geographic.

Pogachefsky is now suing 42West and his former employees, accusing them of crippling his company and scuttling his talks to sell the firm.

In a complaint filed on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, MPRM alleged that Sylvia Desrochers and other ex-employees plotted to steal away clien

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