Tim Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@fraternallaw.com The upcoming academic year may be the most challenging in the history of collegiate fraternal organizations! Some campuses may not open, at least not in the traditional sense.  Those that do may not remain open...

Tim Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@fraternallaw.com   Harvard, perhaps the most prestigious and powerful university in the country, has apparently given up its fight to punish its students who elect to join off-campus single sex organizations.  Facing litigation in both...

Tim Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@fraternallaw.com The City of Newark, Delaware embarked on an effort to permanently shut down the Kappa Alpha house that was first occupied by students who were members of the fraternity at the University of Delaware...

Jeffrey Rosario Turco, Law Office of Jeffrey Rosario Turco Another significant zoning victory has been allowed to stand by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Here is the report from Jeffrey Rosario Turco, an attorney from Chelsea, Massachusetts, who represented the Alpha...

Sean Callan, Fraternal Law Partners, sean.callan@fraternallaw.com Greek life faces an uncertain future in the near term.  Fraternal organizations face challenges in every facet of their business including housing, operations, finance, recruitment, charitable giving – the list is endless.  As fraternities...

Michael Osborne, San Francisco Office of Cokinos | Young, mosborne@cokinoslaw.com In a case of first impression in California, the California Court of Appeal has certified for publication a very recent opinion that rejects a plaintiff’s efforts to base a claim...

Jim Schirmer, Manley Burke LPA, jim.schirmer@manleyburke.com In the wake of the death of Collin Wiant on November 12, 2018, Elijah R. Wahib, 22, of Westlake, OH, has pleaded guilty to two counts of felony obstruction of justice, felony permitting drug...

Tim Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@fraternallaw.com The civil lawsuit filed by the family of Max Gruvercontinues on. Gruver died in a hazing incident in the Phi Delta Theta house at Louisiana State University (LSU). Among other defendants, the Gruver family...

 Tim Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@fraternallaw.com DeAudric Halmon filed suit against Lane College alleging he had been severely hazed by the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, a recognized student organization of the College. He claimed to have been blindfolded regularly, “beaten,...

 Micah Kamrass, Fraternal Law Partners, mkamrass@fraternallaw.com On May 6, 2020, the United States Department of Education announced the much-anticipated new Title IX Regulations, which become effective on August 14, 2020. These regulations apply to all schools, public and private, that...