It's true that if a company lets a potential merger candidate look too closely, and the deal then falls through, it may have given away its secrets for nothing.
Once a merger candidate is identified, the process always completes.
mnli hypothesis: Once a merger candidate is identified, the process always completes. premise: It's true that if a company lets a potential merger candidate look too closely, and the deal then falls through, it may have given away its secrets for nothing.