Michael P. Maslanka

May 05, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Here is author George Saunders: "What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering and I responded ... sensibly, reservedly, mildly."

By Michael P. Maslanka

6 minute read

April 30, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Here, the commish got it right. As Mitch Lawrence, a columnist for the New York Daily News, wrote, in the Sterling matter, we're not talking about an isolated incident taken out of context.

By Michael P. Maslanka

2 minute read

April 17, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

The list "is so broad as to be meaningless," wrote the judge.

By Michael P. Maslanka

2 minute read

April 09, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

At dinner on a cruise, people tend to ask, "What do you do?" Austin Kleon includes a brief chapter on how to answer this question in his book.

By Michael P. Maslanka

2 minute read

April 07, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

It's praised by some practitioners and viewed skeptically by others, but it's still an arrow in the general counsel's quiver.

By Michael P. Maslanka

5 minute read

March 24, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

How far can an employer go in reminding a former employee about the use of confidential information?

By Michael P. Maslanka

2 minute read

March 24, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

A new book by a former Navy SEAL reveals mental toughness secrets.

By Michael P. Maslanka

2 minute read

March 14, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Language can help maintain contact with the employees' humanity.

By Michael P. Maslanka

2 minute read

March 10, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

One of the challenges facing new lawyers is communicating effectively. It's not easy. Here are six methods for senior lawyers and junior lawyers to use in dispelling the illusion and embracing the reality.

By Michael P. Maslanka

6 minute read

March 10, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

By MICHAEL P. MASLANKA

6 minute read