Daniel Nathan and Brian Neil Hoffman of Morrison & Foerster write: Stock option exercises may create additional risks of violating the securities laws depending upon how they are exercised. Through ...

With equity markets near all-time highs and the IPO market starting to thaw, many executives are wrestling with a tough question: When to exercise their stock options? It’s far from an easy decision.

Determine the company’s primary goals in granting equity compensation to executives and other service providers (collectively, service providers). Common goals for equity compensation awards include: ...

Exercising incentive stock options feels like a windfall moment. You have the grant, the stock has run up, and you are finally converting years of vesting into real value. What many employees discover ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce makes the law and tax code understandable to everyone. When you receive a grant of stock options, it is imperative that you ...

Receiving $500,000 in stock options sounds like winning. Exercising them without a plan can feel like handing a large portion back to the IRS before you ever see a dollar. The difference between a ...

If you hold shares of stock and move states, you might assume that you can safely sell the stock and report the gain to your new state. But options are not so simple.