Michael P. Maslanka

July 21, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Each teaches the most valuable lesson in living our lives: How we look at the world makes all the difference in the world.

By Michael P. Maslanka

6 minute read

July 07, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

It's summer and time for the Work Matters annual summer book review. So, get out the sun lotion, pack up the beach bag and fire up the e-readers.

By Michael P. Maslanka

5 minute read

June 18, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

In noncompete litigation there's a split in authority regarding whether a new employer is a necessary party

By Michael P. Maslanka

1 minute read

June 06, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

The Sixth Circuit's view that the workplace is no longer a physical location but now "anywhere that an employee can perform her job duties" will have wide-ranging consequences for an employer's accommodation obligations under the ADA.

By Michael P. Maslanka

6 minute read

June 04, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Essentially, this means that the city will investigate claims involving familial status, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, gender identity or ethnicity.

By Michael P. Maslanka

3 minute read

June 04, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

The Sixth Circuit's view that the workplace is no longer a physical location but now "anywhere that an employee can perform her job duties" will have wide-ranging consequences for an employer's accommodation obligations under the ADA.

By Michael P. Maslanka

6 minute read

May 28, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Here's some of what the plaintiff's lawyer didn't need to tell the jury: Her client "had the strength to make that complaint. … I sure didn't. Back in 2006 I was sexually harassed by a [law] professor. … I was a third-year law student."

By Michael P. Maslanka

2 minute read

May 20, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

The whole controversy got me thinking. When should an employee hire a lawyer and get one in the mix? What should an employer do when it receives a letter from an employee's lawyer?

By Michael P. Maslanka

3 minute read

May 15, 2014 | New Jersey Law Journal

Let's talk and write in simple declarative ways, and be human.

By Michael P. Maslanka

2 minute read

May 12, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Ask a lawyer of a certain vintage and you'll hear at least one story about some at a deposition confusing a female lawyer with the court reporter.

By Michael P. Maslanka

5 minute read