IN MEMORIAM

Barbara Schwartz Bromberg, the leading national expert on taxation issues for Greek organizations, died on January 30, 2009, while attending the NIC Foundation Institute for Greek Advancement in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where she was a scheduled presenter.  Barbara, a...
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TRI-DELTA RETAINS UTAH SORORITY HOUSE AFTER LEGAL BATTLE WITH HOUSE CORPORATION

Adam Eckstein After a legal battle with a house corporation, national sorority Delta Delta Delta recovered the title to the sorority house at the University of Utah that had served the inactivated Theta Phi Chapter.  The state trial court’s decision...
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HAZING LEADS TO LAWSUIT, CRIMINAL CHARGES

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com “I don’t regret joining this Fraternity,” Brent Whiteside was quoted in the January 6, 2009 Richmond Register saying about Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.  “What they stand for is what I want to be.  There were...
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HOW TO HANDLE AN INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AUDIT

John Christopher, Dinsmore & Shohl No one likes to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service. However, as a recent audit of the Alpha Chapter House Corporation of the Kappa Alpha Order shows, preparation before an audit can make all...
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COURT UPHOLDS DAMAGE AWARD AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

James Harvey The Iowa Supreme Court recently upheld an unprecedented award of damages against the University of Iowa and one of its top officials in favor of the former local chapter of Phi Delta Theta.1  The ruling brings to an...
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