@profvrmartinez
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Distinguished Professor at @DukeLaw Gtown Alum. Chicago Law Alum. Former Law Prof at NDLaw. Personal account. She/Her. https://law.duke.edu/fac/martinez https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1932578
On their discussion of AI use and productivity, I was surprised, because I guess I didn't think AI was widely being used 2019-2021, but I'm admittedly always going to be behind technological curves, b/c I'm kind of a luddite.
Interesting things to think about . . .
scholarly productivity without knowing who was and who was not caretaking (also...men could have also been caretaking and caretaking could involve both kids or parents, etc.). I think scholars should be careful of thinking through COVID/caretaking impacts and try to not make generalizations.
When talking about women, they noted there didn't seem to be a COVID/caretaking impact, but I'm not sure how they would know which of the women were in a caretaking posture during COVID. I doubt you would be able to make meaningful analysis on how increased caretaking may have impacted
To my surprise, I'm in this ranking.
I found two things interesting about their analysis. First, their discussion of COVID/caretaking. I would think potential COVID lags wouldn't be fully present in the 2019-2021 time period, b/c of the lags in publishing times.
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We’re continuing to refine the piece and would be very happy to share the current draft with anyone who’s interested.
With my DukeLaw colleagues Gina-Gail Fletcher and Steven L. Schwarcz
Excited to share that our new paper, "Regulating DeFi Platforms," is forthcoming with the Minnesota Law Review.
We explore how decentralized finance disaggregates the traditional functions of financial intermediaries—and what that means for compliance, enforcement, and financial stability.
Will I ever have enough institutional power to have a warm office?
The loss of two writing days this week...😱...also some journals are open already.
How many writing days are going to go "poof" to virtual school this week?
New work with Lisa Fairfax: "The Miscalculation of Corporate DEI Risk."
We argue that companies aren’t avoiding risk by retreating from DEI—they’re often amplifying it. DEI isn’t a political slogan; it’s a board-level risk oversight issue.
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"Purpose-Driven Compliance" argues that organizations should move toward compliance programs that are directed by the firm’s (i) purpose, (ii) inherent risks based on the activities necessary to achieve that purpose, and (iii) ethical standards and goals.
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My new book, Disclosureland, is out today, January 15, 2026. The book is about how corporate public statements shape racial equity. Grab it here and tell me what you think: a.co/d/1HSRdyw
I have a new chapter up discussing Independent Monitorships. It clarifies the contemporary practice of independent monitorships, defining who monitors are, when and why monitors are imposed, and the principal forms they take in U.S. and comparative practice.
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We’re thrilled to invite applications for the Visiting Assistant Professor position at Duke Law! This two- to three-year opportunity is designed to support aspiring legal scholars. (Think of it as the law school equivalent of a post-doc.)
Learn more and apply here: tinyurl.com/mrxccxxv
Thankful that today's global outage isn't impacting Canvas, as my students are taking their midterms right now. And I forgot to bring hard copies just in case (as advised by IT).
Thanks! And wow - that list was such a great resource to send to folks interested in VAPs/Fellowships.
Law Professor Friends...
Any insight on where taxprofblog and prawfsblawg go now that type pad has gone away?
I wanted to send the taxprof list of VAPs/Fellowships to an alum.
Duke Friends. For the first time, my email junk folder was very full, and it was not junk. Take a look!
If you are a Duke University School of Law alum and are planning to go on the entry-level tenure track or clinical teaching market in 25-26, please shoot me an email. We (the Academic Careers Committee) would love to provide support (and invite you to a moot job talk day).
Some days, the writing just flows.
Other days, the writing is...walking through mud.
Today is quite, quite muddy.
Man, I love Chicago.
Monitorships look to be becoming disfavored by DOJ (for now), but they are still being used by lots of other enforcement and quasi-enforcement (think World Bank) actors.
Constraining Monitors, 85 Fordham Law Review 2227-2247 (2017)
Third Party and Appointed Monitorships, in Cambridge Handbook of Compliance 605-615 (Benjamin van Rooij & D. Daniel Sokol eds., 2021)
Public Reporting of Monitorship Outcomes, 136 Harvard Law Review 757-823 (2023)
Somebody's Watching Me: FCPA Monitorships and How They Can Work Better, 13 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law 321-381 (2011) (with others)
The Monitor-"Client" Relationship, 100 Virginia Law Review 523-585 (2014)
Modern-Day Monitorships, 33 Yale Journal on Regulation 109-163 (2016)
Friend: I have this case involving a corporate monitor, do you know about these?
Me: Sure what's your question...[answers question]
Friend: Wait, have you written about this?
Me: Little bit...😂
Someone asked to reprint one of my articles for a Brazilian journal, so the article has been translated into Portuguese. I uploaded the original & translation into ChatGPT & asked about the translation quality. I have also asked a native speaker to do some review, but such a cool use of the tech.
I was born in Wisconsin and spent summers with my grandparents on Totagatic Lake in Minong.
Everyone go rent a cabin by a lake and show these people some tourism dollars. Stunning beauty. Beware of bears.
My draft, "Purpose-Driven Compliance," is forthcoming with Texas A&M Law Review. The abstract is below, and I'll post to SSRN once I incorporate some fantastic comments I received at Emily Strauss's "Corporate Disasters" conference last week.