US companies have been granting various forms of share-based awards to employees around the globe for many years, and companies in other countries are increasingly following suit. Because share-based awards are ubiquitous, and for many companies an important part of the total pay package, we are now also seeing an increasing number of lawsuits and other disputes involving such awards. The Claims Broadly, these disputes can be categorized as follows: Entitlement Claims These can arise…

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