Yes. Many buyouts are immediately followed by a boilerplate class-action lawsuit that the terms were unfair. It's effectively protection-money, as the law firms

Yes. Many buyouts are immediately followed by a boilerplate class-action lawsuit that the terms were unfair. It's effectively protection-money, as the law firms who specialize in these actions settle in a predictable way, and class action means no shareholder can file a separate lawsuit in re the merger terms.