Law360, New York ( July 18, 2011, 2:26 PM EDT) -- In the same way that a sharp drop in stock price will yield a securities claim, the announcement of a public company merger and acquisition deal is likely to prompt an inveterate group of plaintiffs' lawyers to bring a claim threatening to enjoin the deal. In the words of former Chancellor William B. Chandler of the Delaware Chancery Court, "[t]oo often judges of this court face complaints filed hastily, minutes or hours after a transaction is announced, based on snippets from the print or electronic media. Such pleadings are remarkable, but only because of the speed with which they are filed in reaction to an announced transaction."[1]...