Michael P Maslanka
October 26, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
6 Lessons the Medical Profession Can Teach LawyersAs you age, you will get poked, prodded and punctured by doctors. 2020 was my year for the experience. While taxing, I learned about what the medical profession can teach lawyers. Here are six lessons.
By Michael P. Maslanka
9 minute read
August 12, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
5 Essentials the COVID-19 Pandemic Has RevealedThe pandemic, like a Zen master whacking us with a cane, strips away anything extraneous in our lives and reveals the essentials.
By Michael P. Maslanka
5 minute read
July 22, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Hiring Is Driven Not by Who You Know, but by Who You AreJob seekers with traits such as integrity and adaptability are valued now, even more than GPA or law review or bar passage score.
By Michael P. Maslanka
7 minute read
June 29, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
The Future of Qualified Immunity as a DefenseOne pressing question: should qualified immunity as a defense to a constitutional violation be eliminated or reformed?
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
June 11, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
The First Amendment, COVID-19 and the Freedom to Practice ReligionThe rough and tumble of First Amendment litigation. That's what the Founders wanted, with their unshakable belief that the best antidote to bad ideas are better ones. A good reminder of what we stand for in hard times.
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
May 26, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Suing the People's Republic of China Will Be ChallengingAmerican exceptionalism? Real or imagined? There are opposing views, but the one thing I imagine both sides can agree on is this: America is exceptional…
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
May 15, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
As Time Goes By, the Fundamental Things Matter in Employment LawI received an email from a lawyer friend in Houston: She was flipping through her college books and found Daniel Defoe's novel, "Journal of the…
By Michael P. Maslanka
6 minute read
May 11, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
The Five Powers Poetry Teaches UsThe virus can rob us of much but it can never rob us of certain powers we possess. Here then are powers that poetry teaches that everyone has and that can never be stripped away.
By Michael P. Maslanka
7 minute read
April 28, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Protected Concerted Activity is Alive and WellHere's a news headline from the Associated Press dated April 17: "Ten California Nurses Suspended for Refusing to Work Without N95 Masks." The…
By Michael P. Maslanka
5 minute read
April 15, 2020 | Texas Lawyer
Lawyer Ethics in the Age of COVID-19While America was on the verge of a revolution, Thomas Paine wrote, "... these are the times that try men's souls." Isn't that the truth today…
By Michael P. Maslanka
3 minute read
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