Michael P. Maslanka
October 13, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
3 simple tips for disrupting gender bias in hiring practicesThese small changes have potential to do more good than women's initiatives and stand-alone bias training, which can make diversity metrics worse.
By Michael P. Maslanka
2 minute read
October 06, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
5 Ideas to Help GCs Understand What Makes a Business WorkGeneral Counsel are Lawyers "Plus." Knowing the law is only part of the job. The rest is in understanding the all too human dynamics that make a company go tick-tock.
By Michael P. Maslanka
5 minute read
September 30, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
5 Ideas to Help GCs Understand What Makes a Business WorkGeneral Counsel are Lawyers "Plus." Knowing the law is only part of the job. The rest is in understanding the all too human dynamics that make a company go tick-tock.
By Michael P. Maslanka
5 minute read
September 26, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
Work Matters: Claim or no claim? Terminated employee sues for religious discrimination after skipping work to attend church groundbreakingThe Fifth Circuit said that the tenets of a faith mattered zip in determining whether the ground breaking/lunch was a religious practice.
By Michael P. Maslanka
3 minute read
September 16, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
High Court: Seeking discovery under Rule 202? Personal jurisdiction matters(And we all thought that boring first-year civil procedure class would never come in handy.)
By Michael P. Maslanka
2 minute read
September 08, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
Keys to Invoking Privilege: What Works and What Doesn'tIssues of attorney-client privilege pervade a general counsel's life. Let's look at some new cases—some with good news and some with not so good news.
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
September 02, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
Keys to Invoking Privilege: What Works and What Doesn'tIssues of attorney-client privilege pervade a general counsel's life. Let's look at some new cases—some with good news and some with not so good news.
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
August 26, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
'Sleeper cell' claim awakened in ADA caseThese claims are a huge, untapped pool of plaintiffs. The court decided that a jury will determine whether the plaintiff suffered an adverse employment action because of a record of a disability.
By Michael P. Maslanka
2 minute read
August 08, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
Corporate Lawyers Through Clients' Eyes: It's Not PrettyI read with great interest a chapter entitled "How to Handle Corporate Lawyers in a new book by Geoffrey James, "Business Without The Bullsh*t: 49 Shortcuts and Secrets You Need to Know."
By Michael P. Maslanka
2 minute read
August 04, 2014 | Texas Lawyer
Who Lawyers Are v. Who We Want to BeThe context of a situation, not an unchanging moral core, governs how people decide to act. Exhibit A: two new books discussing the scenario dubbed the trolley and the fat man.
By Michael P. Maslanka
3 minute read
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