Veronica Root Martinez
@profvrmartinez.bsky.social
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
@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
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
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November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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
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).
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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).
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.
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.
October 7, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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.
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!
July 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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).
May 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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.
Other days, the writing is...walking through mud.
Today is quite, quite muddy.
May 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Some days, the writing just flows.
Other days, the writing is...walking through mud.
Today is quite, quite muddy.
Other days, the writing is...walking through mud.
Today is quite, quite muddy.
Man, I love Chicago.
May 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Man, I love Chicago.
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...😂
Me: Sure what's your question...[answers question]
Friend: Wait, have you written about this?
Me: Little bit...😂
April 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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...😂
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.
April 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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.
Everyone go rent a cabin by a lake and show these people some tourism dollars. Stunning beauty. Beware of bears.
April 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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.
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.
March 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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.
This came up in class today in response to a student question about compliance obligations and employee privacy (ahem...not in the US), but somehow it feels relevant in another way.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
SEC Finalizes Settlements on Wall Street WhatsApp Probe: Reuters
The Securities and Exchange Commission is finalizing settlements with about two dozen Wall Street firms to resolve probes into lapses in record keeping, Reuters reported.
www.bloomberg.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This came up in class today in response to a student question about compliance obligations and employee privacy (ahem...not in the US), but somehow it feels relevant in another way.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
I had the privilege of working with folks at the OECD on a project related to assessment of compliance effectiveness in the anticorruption space.
Two reports were issued today related to that work.
Governments’ assessments of corporate anti-corruption compliance - www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Two reports were issued today related to that work.
Governments’ assessments of corporate anti-corruption compliance - www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Governments’ assessments of corporate anti-corruption compliance
Governments expect companies to go beyond the adoption of anti-corruption compliance programmes by assessing their actual effectiveness in mitigating corruption risks and promoting a culture of integr...
www.oecd.org
March 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I had the privilege of working with folks at the OECD on a project related to assessment of compliance effectiveness in the anticorruption space.
Two reports were issued today related to that work.
Governments’ assessments of corporate anti-corruption compliance - www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Two reports were issued today related to that work.
Governments’ assessments of corporate anti-corruption compliance - www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
Signs you are a lawyer.
Walks into Home Depot. Sees a "suction cup grab bar" for shower. Thinks - "that is a tort in a box." Then thinks - "but they assumed the risk."
Ok...too much torts for this contracts prof.
Walks into Home Depot. Sees a "suction cup grab bar" for shower. Thinks - "that is a tort in a box." Then thinks - "but they assumed the risk."
Ok...too much torts for this contracts prof.
March 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Signs you are a lawyer.
Walks into Home Depot. Sees a "suction cup grab bar" for shower. Thinks - "that is a tort in a box." Then thinks - "but they assumed the risk."
Ok...too much torts for this contracts prof.
Walks into Home Depot. Sees a "suction cup grab bar" for shower. Thinks - "that is a tort in a box." Then thinks - "but they assumed the risk."
Ok...too much torts for this contracts prof.
How is it that googling "chart for Salman" doesn't give me a chart showing the tipper/tippee stuff?
Someone has to have done this already.
Someone has to have done this already.
February 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
How is it that googling "chart for Salman" doesn't give me a chart showing the tipper/tippee stuff?
Someone has to have done this already.
Someone has to have done this already.
I miss the information I used to be able to gather from the submission "angsting" thread on Prawfs, although I acknowledge that the angsting was not healthy. (I will not be submitting until Friday...maybe...my kids keep not having school).
February 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I miss the information I used to be able to gather from the submission "angsting" thread on Prawfs, although I acknowledge that the angsting was not healthy. (I will not be submitting until Friday...maybe...my kids keep not having school).
Lots of law professor friends, including me, in the new ECGI appointments.
www.ecgi.global/publications...
www.ecgi.global/publications...
ECGI Welcomes 74 New Research Members
ECGI is delighted to announce the appointment of 75 new Research Members to add to its distinguished ranks.
www.ecgi.global
February 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Lots of law professor friends, including me, in the new ECGI appointments.
www.ecgi.global/publications...
www.ecgi.global/publications...
Thoughts on FCPA enforcement.
First, the United States used to be virtually alone in its enforcement efforts aimed at stoping corruption and bribery. That is no longer true. Brazil, France, Mexico, and the UK, for example, have dedicated units to combat corruption and bring cases to that effect.
First, the United States used to be virtually alone in its enforcement efforts aimed at stoping corruption and bribery. That is no longer true. Brazil, France, Mexico, and the UK, for example, have dedicated units to combat corruption and bring cases to that effect.
February 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Thoughts on FCPA enforcement.
First, the United States used to be virtually alone in its enforcement efforts aimed at stoping corruption and bribery. That is no longer true. Brazil, France, Mexico, and the UK, for example, have dedicated units to combat corruption and bring cases to that effect.
First, the United States used to be virtually alone in its enforcement efforts aimed at stoping corruption and bribery. That is no longer true. Brazil, France, Mexico, and the UK, for example, have dedicated units to combat corruption and bring cases to that effect.
Normally, I get irritated when I receive a high-priority email, but it turns out I get excited when that high priority email is from the Duke Faculty Club with instructions on how to get my membership processed.
February 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Normally, I get irritated when I receive a high-priority email, but it turns out I get excited when that high priority email is from the Duke Faculty Club with instructions on how to get my membership processed.
I have said publicly (can't remember if I've written it) that I think the corporate enforcement level ebbs & flows with changing administrations (like regulation). Lots of people disagree with me on that point, citing Trump as an outlier.
Well--he's back.
www.gibsondunn.com/new-memorand...
Well--he's back.
www.gibsondunn.com/new-memorand...
New Memoranda from Attorney General Bondi: Topics to Watch in Corporate Enforcement
Upon her swearing in, Attorney General Pamela Bondi issued a flurry of memoranda seeking to deploy Department of Justice enforcement resources in service of the Trump Administration’s priorities. AG ...
www.gibsondunn.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I have said publicly (can't remember if I've written it) that I think the corporate enforcement level ebbs & flows with changing administrations (like regulation). Lots of people disagree with me on that point, citing Trump as an outlier.
Well--he's back.
www.gibsondunn.com/new-memorand...
Well--he's back.
www.gibsondunn.com/new-memorand...
Child 2 to Child 3: "You need to learn the difference between a question and a comment."
I just walked away, as this is almost certainly my fault.
I just walked away, as this is almost certainly my fault.
February 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Child 2 to Child 3: "You need to learn the difference between a question and a comment."
I just walked away, as this is almost certainly my fault.
I just walked away, as this is almost certainly my fault.
Having just done my annual review, if I were to finish all the half-written things in my drafts folder, it would be like the time when someone said to me during an interview "you wrote an entire tenure file in a year."
The problem, however, is now my three children all do sports.
The problem, however, is now my three children all do sports.
February 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Having just done my annual review, if I were to finish all the half-written things in my drafts folder, it would be like the time when someone said to me during an interview "you wrote an entire tenure file in a year."
The problem, however, is now my three children all do sports.
The problem, however, is now my three children all do sports.
When giving talks/teaching on compliance, I note that my definition of compliance includes compliance with the firm's own policies & procedures, because a violation of them can often lead to sanctions. I typically refer to the Ind. Foreclosure Rev. settlements, but this is a more recent example.
January 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When giving talks/teaching on compliance, I note that my definition of compliance includes compliance with the firm's own policies & procedures, because a violation of them can often lead to sanctions. I typically refer to the Ind. Foreclosure Rev. settlements, but this is a more recent example.
SEALS 2025 (I adore this conference)
My colleague, Emilie Aguirre, and I would like to propose a discussion group at SEALS 2025 on corporate purpose.
Who wants on the email distribution for this one?
I've never submitted one before. May screw it up. 😀
My colleague, Emilie Aguirre, and I would like to propose a discussion group at SEALS 2025 on corporate purpose.
Who wants on the email distribution for this one?
I've never submitted one before. May screw it up. 😀
December 5, 2024 at 1:57 PM
SEALS 2025 (I adore this conference)
My colleague, Emilie Aguirre, and I would like to propose a discussion group at SEALS 2025 on corporate purpose.
Who wants on the email distribution for this one?
I've never submitted one before. May screw it up. 😀
My colleague, Emilie Aguirre, and I would like to propose a discussion group at SEALS 2025 on corporate purpose.
Who wants on the email distribution for this one?
I've never submitted one before. May screw it up. 😀
Today marked the final session of our Corporate Compliance & Ethics class for the semester, where we explored the Boeing documentary as a case study. Given the ongoing circumstances at Boeing, it offered a unique opportunity to analyze cultural transformation as it unfolds in real time.
December 4, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Today marked the final session of our Corporate Compliance & Ethics class for the semester, where we explored the Boeing documentary as a case study. Given the ongoing circumstances at Boeing, it offered a unique opportunity to analyze cultural transformation as it unfolds in real time.