Michael P. Maslanka

February 15, 2001 | Law.com

Whether you sue employers or defend them -- or do a little of both -- what you do, and how you do it, is changing. Some shifts in the practice are subtle, others are more pronounced, but all are permanent. Here are 10 shifts coming soon to a firm near you.

By Mark A. Shank and Michael P. Maslanka

10 minute read

June 16, 2009 | New York Law Journal

By Michael P. Maslanka

8 minute read

November 26, 2002 | Law.com

While the legal world runs clockwise, employment law revolves counterclockwise. Not only does it not work the way you believe it should, but also it repeatedly reveals itself as counterintuitive -- replete with hidden dangers to a general counsel's office, which relies on sense and sensibility. Not convinced? Read on.

By Michael P. Maslanka and Burton D. Brillhart

11 minute read

June 22, 2012 | Law.com

A recent dating experience prompted Michael P. Maslanka, managing partner of the Dallas office of Constangy, Brooks & Smith, to consider how our romantic lives inform our legal lives and vice versa. Lesson No. 1: Be open to the universe.

By Michael P. Maslanka

7 minute read

November 29, 2012 | Law.com

The toughest decision that lawyers, in-house or otherwise, help clients make is whether to impose the employment-law equivalent of capital punishment: termination of an employee. While clients look to attorneys for counsel, sometimes they really want us to make the decision. Here are five questions to ask to ensure it's the right one.

By Michael P. Maslanka

5 minute read

May 12, 2003 | National Law Journal

The Department of Labor has issued new regulations governing who is entitled to overtime pay and who isn't.

By Michael P. Maslanka and Candice Evalenko

8 minute read

April 20, 2012 | Law.com

Now the managing partner of Constangy's Dallas office, Michael P. Maslanka recalls some invaluable lessons he learned from candid mentors during his first job, as a young field attorney for the National Labor Relations Board. Maslanka presents five key lessons that have stood the test of time.

By Michael P. Maslanka

6 minute read

May 31, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Most law students and new lawyers know it's critical to have a mentor, but how can they find one? Lawyers are busy, the economy is bad, and it's easy to feel adrift.

By Michael P. Maslanka

6 minute read

December 17, 2002 | Law.com

Well, we've fought our way through yet another year. So what did the year bring general counsel when it comes to work matters? Here's an overview, from the 5th Circuit's adoption of "the maximum recovery rule" to the "Endangered Species" award for an employee, terminated for tardiness, who argued that after a night of intimacy with a supervisor, it was only natural she would be late.

By Michael P. Maslanka and Burton D. Brillhart

10 minute read

December 28, 2012 | Law.com

Michael Maslanka offers some solutions to tricky legal etiquette issues, presenting a guide for the hopeful, the aspiring and the bewildered on such matters as how to reject business; how to do right when asked to do wrong; and how to leave a client better off.

By Michael P. Maslanka

6 minute read