GS isn&#x27;t blameless, but this article makes things sound a lot worse than they really were. Fortunately for us, the best finance writer in the world is also a former GS banker and a lawyer, and he wrote a much better article on this case 3 years ago:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dealbreaker.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;01&#x2F;dragon-systems-shareholders-cant-see-the-bright-side-in-extremely-successful-ma-transaction-that-wiped-out-their-lifes-savings&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;dealbreaker.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;01&#x2F;dragon-systems-shareholders-c...</a><p>The summary is that it&#x27;s not really the merger adviser&#x27;s responsibility to look into the stock of a public company acquirer, even though it feels like it ought to be.