Simmons, Omari Scott

GW Law Faculty Publications

August 1, 2023

SSRN

BOOKS

Potential on the Periphery: College Access from the Ground Up (2019).

LAW REVIEW ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Selective Patronage, 46 Seattle U. L. Rev. 331 (2023).

Political Risk Management, 64 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 707 (2023), reprinted in 65 Corp. Prac. Commentator (2023).

The Federal Option: Delaware as a De Facto Agency, 96 Wash. L. Rev. 935 (2021).

(With J. H.  Adams, D. Bright & J. Jackson.) A Holistic Model for Student Success in STEM: The Case for a Comprehensive and Holistic Approach in Building the Pipeline, in Social Justice and Education in the 21st Century 195 (Willie Pearson, Jr. & Vijay Reddy eds., 2021).

Chief Legal Officer 5.0, 88 Fordham L. Rev. 1741 (2020).

Chancery's Greatest Decision: Historical Insights on Civil Rights and the Future of Shareholder Activism, 76 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1259 (2019).

Urban Removal: Reshaping Urban Landscapes Through a Responsive Communitarian Lens, 29 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol’y 885 (2020).

Forgotten Gatekeepers: Executive Search Firms and Corporate Governance, 54 Wake Forest L. Rev. 807 (2019), reprinted in 62 Corp. Prac. Commentator 749 (2021).

Judging the Public Benefit Corporation, in The Cambridge Handbook of Social Enterprise Law (Benjamin Means & Joseph Yockey eds., 2019).

Delaware’s Global Threat, 41 J. Corp. L. 217 (2015).

Muted Deterrence: The Enhanced Attribution of Tort Liability to U.S. Higher Education Institutions for Student Safety, 22 Torts L.J. 75 (2014).

Class Dismissed: Rethinking Socio-Economic Status and Higher Education Attainment, 46 Ariz. St. L.J. 231 (2014).

For-Profits and the Market Paradox, 48 Wake Forest L. Rev. 333 (2013).

The Corporate Immune System: Governance from the Inside Out, 2013 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1131.

Lost in Transition: The Implications of Social Capital for Higher Education Access, 87 Notre Dame L. Rev. 205 (2011).

(With James D. Dinnage.) Innkeepers: A Unifying Theory of the In-House Counsel Role, 41 Seton Hall L. Rev. 77 (2011).

Corporate Reform as a Credence Service, 5 J. Bus. & Tech. L. 113 (2010).

The Under-Examination of In-House Counsel, 11 Transactions: Tenn. J. Bus. L. 135 (2009).

Picking Friends from the Crowd: Amicus Participation as Political Symbolism, 42 Conn. L. Rev. 185 (2009).

Taking the Blue Pill: The Imponderable Impact of Executive Compensation Reform, 62 SMU L. Rev. 299 (2009).

Branding the Small Wonder: Delaware's Dominance and the Market for Corporate Law, 42 U. Rich. L. Rev. 1129 (2007).

BOOK REVIEWS

Retiree Exploitation? Debunking the Retirement Business Theory, JOTWELL (Feb. 19, 2024) (reviewing Natalya Shnitser, The 401(k) Conundrum in Corporate Law, 13 Harv. Bus. L. Rev.
289 (2023)), https://corp.jotwell.com/retiree-exploitation-debunking-the-retirement-business-theory/.

OTHER

Improving Diversity Disclosures, JOTWELL (Feb. 16, 2022) (reviewing Atinuke O. Adediran, Disclosing Corporate Diversity, 109 Virginia L. Rev. ___ (forthcoming 2023)), https://corp.jotwell.com/improving-diversity-disclosures/.

The Pandemic's Testing of Stakeholder Governance, JOTWELL (May 23, 2022) (reviewing Stavros Gadinis & Amelia Miazad, A Test of Stakeholder Capitalism, ___ J. Corp. L. ___ (forthcoming 2021)), https://corp.jotwell.com/the-pandemics-testing-of-stakeholder-governance/.

Corporate Law in Paradise, JOTWELL (Feb. 23, 2021) (reviewing William Moon, Delaware's New Competition, 114 Nw. U. L.R. 1403 (2020)), https://corp.jotwell.com/corporate-law-in-paradise/.

History Lessons: Explaining the Origins of Corporate Charter Competition, JOTWELL (Mar. 5, 2020) (reviewing Sarath Sanga, On the Origins of the Market for Corporate Law, available at SSRN (2020)), https://corp.jotwell.com/history-lessons-explaining-the-origins-of-corporate-charter-competition/.

Responsibility for Flawed Corporate Cultures, JOTWELL (Apr. 5, 2019) (reviewing Jennifer Hill, Legal Personhood and Liability for Flawed Corporate Cultures, European Corporate Governance Institute Law Working Paper No. 413/2018 (2018), available at SSRN), https://corp.jotwell.com/responsibility-for-flawed-corporate-cultures/.

Corporate Political Activism 5.0, JOTWELL (Apr. 20, 2018) (reviewing Elizabeth Pollman & Jordan M. Barry, Regulatory Entrepreneurship, 90 S. Cal. L. Rev. 383 (2017)), https://corp.jotwell.com/corporate-political-activism-5-0/.

The Impact of Business Courts (Outside of Delaware), JOTWELL (Feb. 22, 2017) (reviewing Jens Dammann, Business Courts and Firm Performance (U. Tex. Research Paper No. 564, 2017), available at SSRN), https://corp.jotwell.com/the-impact-of-business-courts-outside-of-delaware/.