Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Sigma Delta Tau has made history with the election of Hannah Christine Patterson, as the first black president of a Panhellenic Sorority at the University of Alabama.  The November 14, 2013 issue of the Crimson...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The issue of hazing just won’t go away.  In spite of the virtually universal efforts by national fraternities and sororities to eliminate hazing, there can be little doubt that serious instances of hazing continue.  Those...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke As reported in the November 2012 issue of Fraternal Law, Scott Higuchi sued Delta Tau Delta and various other defendants after his son, Ross Higuchi, died in April 2011 when he fell from a balcony of...

John Christopher, Manley Burke, john.christopher@manleyburke.com On January 2, 2014, the Internal Revenue Service announced new procedures for reinstating the tax-exempt status of organizations that have had their tax-exempt status automatically revoked under section 6033(j) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”)...

Micah Kamrass, Manley Burke, mkamrass@manleyburke.com Earlier this year, the North Carolina general assembly passed a law that deals with a particular issue pertaining to the zoning of fraternity and sorority houses. This new state law was passed as a much...

James Harvey Alpha Omicron Pi (AOΠ) is an international women’s fraternity founded in 1897.  AOΠ’s Tau chapter has existed at the University of Minnesota since 1912.  As early as 1921, the local alumnae organized a Minnesota corporation to provide housing...