Corey Rosen discusses the following: A review of ESOP and 401(k) plan litigation over the last 20 years found only 141 ESOP cases involving private companies, plus 35 involving public companies. The second-largest employee-owned company in the world is China's Huawei, a provider of telecommunications networks. Four of the 20 winners of the 2010 Top Small Company Workplaces awards are employee-owned. The cost of an NCEO membership would buy you only 12 minutes with an employee ownership lawyer.