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Comcast became the first company to use the model created by Microsoft and JPMorgan more than a year ago to provide liquidity for underwater stock options. Under the arrangement, former employees can tender their options to Comcast, which will cancel the options.

The NCEO will begin accepting submission for speaking and sponsorship opportunities for all of our 2017 events on August 26.

The NCEO will launch its new website in the near future. Stay tuned to www.nceo.org to see the new site, which we have rebuilt from scratch.

The new executive director of the NBA Players Association, Michelle Roberts, is asserting, as paraphrased by ESPN, that club owners are expendable.

Many ESOPs are required to file audited financial statements with their annual Form 5500 filing to the IRS and DOL.

Two recent articles looked at the interaction between tax reform and employee ownership.

The opening line of Merryn Somerset Webb's September 28 review in the Financial Times (subscription required) of the Labour Party's proposed policy to promote employee ownership is "If there is one thing

In a June 23, 2014, article in the Wall Street Journal, Ruth Simon and Sarah Needleman note that the "federal government is stepping up scrutiny" of ESOP valuations, driven by concern especially at the Department of Labor (DOL).

The Supreme Court has agreed to review the so-called presumption of prudence rule that has provided trustees of ESOPs and other defined contribution plans that are specifically designed to be invested in employer stock protection against lawsuits when stock prices in the plans drop dramatically.

On April 12, people from 23 employee-owned companies gathered online to talk about business literacy, stock value, and ESOPs for employees.