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  1. July 09, 2019

    Investors' Deal With Linkwell Execs, Sidley Gets Initial OK

    A Florida federal judge advanced a deal Tuesday that would see two former Linkwell Corp. executives and law firm Sidley Austin LLP pay $6 million to resolve an investor's proposed class action claiming they orchestrated a covert merger to take Linkwell private and escape a shareholders' derivative suit.

  2. February 06, 2019

    Ex-Linkwell Execs Sanctioned Over Deposition No-Shows

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday sanctioned two former Linkwell Corp. executives for refusing to show up for depositions in a proposed investor class action accusing them and Sidley Austin LLP of a fraudulent merger scheme, warning that further noncompliance may lead to a default judgment.

  3. December 17, 2018

    Ex-Linkwell Execs Face Sanctions For Deposition No-Shows

    A Florida federal judge said Monday she would recommend sanctions against two former Linkwell Corp. executives for refusing to show up for depositions in an investor suit accusing them of conspiring with Sidley Austin LLP to craft two mergers that allowed them to abscond with Linkwell's main moneymaker while freezing out shareholders.

  4. September 24, 2018

    Linkwell Duo Say Investor Hasn't Shown Plot With Sidley

    Two former Linkwell Corp. executives asked a Florida federal judge Friday to slash claims from an investor suit accusing them of conspiring with law firm Sidley Austin LLP to craft a "covert go-private merger," saying they had already left the company by the time the board approved the deal.

  5. September 07, 2018

    Sidley Austin Atty Must Answer Questions In Investor Suit

    A Florida federal judge on Thursday ordered a Sidley Austin LLP partner to respond to questions he'd previously declined to answer during a deposition in a putative class action brought by a Linkwell Corp. investor claiming that two mergers allowed former executives to walk away with Linkwell's main revenue generator while freezing out shareholders.

  6. August 02, 2018

    Sidley Austin Must Give Investor More Info On Privilege Log

    A Florida federal judge declined on Wednesday to force Sidley Austin LLP to turn over allegedly privileged documents to a Linkwell Corp. investor suing over two mergers, but ordered the law firm to produce a more detailed privilege log so the court can determine whether the communications listed are subject to discovery.

  7. July 03, 2018

    Linkwell Ex-Execs Say Privilege With Sidley Austin Not Waived

    Two former Linkwell Corp. executives urged a Florida federal court on Monday to uphold assertions of attorney-client privilege protecting communications with Sidley Austin LLP, arguing a Linkwell investor suing over two mergers is attempting to breach a "bedrock principle of American law."

  8. July 02, 2018

    Sidley Austin Seeks Return Of Email In Linkwell Investor's Suit

    Sidley Austin LLP told a Florida federal court Friday that it shouldn't have to produce an email between two of its attorneys that it inadvertently sent to an investor suing the law firm and Linkwell Corp.'s top brass over a 2014 going-private merger, arguing that the email is subject to attorney-client privilege.

  9. June 18, 2018

    Linkwell Investor Says Execs Waived Attorney-Client Privilege

    Two former Linkwell Corp. executives can't claim they complied with state law and followed the advice of Sidley Austin LLP while keeping communications that support those assertions cloaked by attorney-client privilege, an investor told a Florida federal court Monday.

  10. April 03, 2018

    Sidley Must Face Some Of Linkwell Investor's Merger Suit

    A Florida federal judge on Monday trimmed the claims facing Sidley Austin LLP in a proposed class action brought by a former Linkwell Corp. investor who accused the law firm of orchestrating a covert merger in 2014 to take Linkwell private without its public shareholders' consent and kneecap a derivative suit against its management.

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