Rolling Stone Settles with Phi Kappa Psi

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Two and a half years ago, Rolling Stone stunned the University of Virginia (UVA), the fraternity world and America in general with an expose of alleged sexual assault in the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity House...
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Who Will Govern? University Reactions to Fraternity Tragedies

Amy Hebbeler, Manley Burke, amy.hebbeler@manleyburke.com On the heels of the tragic death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State, a lawsuit has been filed in the wake of another tragic death of a Fraternity pledge following a night of hazing and...
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Congressional Hazing Bill Has Greek Support

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com On June 16th, Republican Congressman Patrick Meehan of Pennsylvania, and Democratic Congresswoman Marcia Fudge of Ohio, introduced the Report and Educate about Campus Hazing (REACH) Act in the United States Congress.  If adopted, the bill...
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University of Oregon Policy puts Control of Reporting Sexual Assault in Hands of Survivors

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com Fraternal leaders and, on more than a few occasions, university faculty members, have raised serious questions when some universities have attempted to expand the definition of mandatory reporters under the Violence Against Women Act, or...
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Jury Awards Major Victory to DKE at Wesleyan University

Micah Kamrass & Tim Lynch, Manley Burke, mkamrass@manleyburke.com Introduction: With Harvard’s recent attempts to punish students who join single-sex organizations, there have been significant discussions recently about the opportunities that exist for fraternities and sororities to challenge these types of...
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