The primary types of corporate acquisitions -- The acquisition process and its basic legal documents -- Litigation on acquisition contracts -- Shareholder voting and appraisal rights -- Successorship issues -- Federal law on acquisitions of or by publicly-traded corporations -- Accounting issues in mergers and acquisitions -- Federal income tax treatment of M & A transactions -- The board of director's duty of care in acquisitions -- The legal duties of controlling shareholders in acquisitions -- The board of director's duty of loyalty in related party transactions -- The target board of directors power to block takeovers -- The fiduciary duty of financial consultants in acquisitions : investment bankers -- Antitrust legislation on acquisitions -- Acquisitions of United States corporations by foreign companies