The Stock Options Book, 8th ed.

In recent years, the level of legal, accounting, and regulatory complexity associated with employee stock options has only grown. This book, written by attorney Alisa Baker, a leading equity compensation expert, presents a straightforward, comprehensive overview of both the big-picture issues and the technical details related to designing and implementing stock option plans. The book also looks at "hot" issues and provides illustrative exhibits, a glossary, a bibliography, and primary source materials, plus a seminal article by Corey Rosen on plan design. The eighth edition covers the latest developments in the equity compensation field, including a new chapter devoted entirely to the stock options backdating scandal. The equity compensation case law chapter has been reorganized and expanded. Additionally, the book now features expanded treatment of equity vehicles and trends other than stock options. For ease of reference, footnotes are now used throughout the book instead of endnotes.