Proskauer Rose made headlines this week after the ex-wife of one of its deceased litigation partners responded to a suit in New York stemming from an inheritance dispute. Meanwhile, across the country, the firm agreed to pay $290,000 to an affiliate of the Girls Gone Wild adult entertainment franchise to settle a bankruptcy trustee’s claims that Proskauer breached its fiduciary duty to its former client.
For several weeks, Proskauer and R. Todd Neilson, bankruptcy trustee for four Girls Gone Wild-related entities that filed for bankruptcy in Los Angeles in February 2013, have been negotiating a settlement over Neilson’s claims that the firm billed for services that personally benefited Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis during the eight months it was retained as legal counsel to the smut-peddling parent company.
