STRONGER ACTION URGED IN MIT DRINKING DEATH CASE

The November 1998 issue of Fraternal Law reported on e filing of criminal charges against the Phi Gamma Delta Chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Scott Krueger, a freshman pledge of the chapter at MIT, died as a result...
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PI LAMBDA PHI CASE AWAITS WORD FROM PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT

Timothy M. Burke, Manley & Burke As reported in the November 1997 and September 1998 issues of Fraternal Law, the Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity has been engaged in litigation to protect its chapter and fraternity house at the University of...
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REVISITING THE PHI GAMMA DELTA IRS SETTLEMENT - PART I

Barbara S. Bromberg Introduction It has now been over two years since the settlement of the Phi Gamma Delta cases with the Internal Revenue Service was made final, and excerpts from the Closing Agreements in these cases were published ("Excerpts")....
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ALABAMA SHIFTS RISK OF HAZING TO PLEDGE

Timothy M. Burke, Manley & Burke In a surprising decision issued on December 4, 1998, the Supreme Court of Alabama held that a pledge assumes the risk of being hazed when seeking to join a fraternity and therefore has no...
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