Strine, Leo2015-08-102014Leo E. Strine, Jr., Documenting the Deal: How Quality Control and Candor Can Improve Boardroom Decision-Making and Reduce the Litigation Target Zone (Harvard John M. Olin Discussion Papers Series Discussion Paper No. 794, Oct. 2014, 70 Bus. Law. 679 (2015)).1936-5357http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:17985225This article addresses what legal and financial advisors can do to conduct an M&A process in a manner that: i) promotes making better decisions; ii) reduces conflicts of interests and addresses those that exist more effectively; iii) accurately records what happened so that advisors and their clients will be able to recount events in approximately the same way; and iv) as a result, reduces the target zone for plaintiffs’ lawyers.en-USResearch Paper or Report2015-08-10