Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com On February 28, two students at Howard University sued in an effort to become  members of the Alpha Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. They claim that they have been denied membership in the...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke On August 31, 2012, members of Theta Chi chapter at Fresno State allegedly locked 15 pledges in a room with eight bottles of hard liquor and told the pledges not to leave until the bottles were...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke As reported in the January and March 2010 issues of Fraternal Law, Paul Ghysels, a resident of the South of Campus neighborhood in Berkeley, California that is also home to nearly 35 fraternity and sorority chapter...

John Christopher, Manley Burke, john.christopher@manleyburke.com Last month, the Exempt Organizations (EO) division of the the Tax Exempt and Government Entities section of the IRS issued its latest annual report and work­plan (the "Report"). The Report contains some bits of infor­mation...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com "These kind of hazing incidents  are commonplace on college campuses. . .These kids don't understand that you can die from it. . .This is a national health epidemic, which must be addressed."1 On November 2,...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The victory secured in protecting the trademark rights of fraternities and sororities in the Paddletramps case has been reaffirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. After the Court of Appeals...

Jacklyn Olinger, Manley Burke, jacklyn.olinger@manleyburke.com On February 4th, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio dismissed Phi Kappa Tau's complaint against Miami University. The case stemmed from an incident that occurred in August, 2012 in­volving a...

Dan McCarthy, Manley Burke In February, the University of Central Florida ("UCF") unilaterally suspended all Greek Life social, new member education and initiation activities "in order to work with fraternity and sorority chapters on com­prehensively addressing alcohol and hazing activities."...