IMPORTANCE OF PHILANTHROPY

Timothy M. Burke, Manley & Burke Greek organizations have a long history of extensive charitable endeavors. Such philanthropic activity helps define the involved fraternity or sorority as an expressive association subject to First Amendment Freedom of Association rights. One unique...
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CALIFORNIA TRAGEDY $100,000,000 LAWSUIT

Timothy M. Burke, Manley & Burke On September 9, 2002, at an oceanfront state park near Playa del Rey, California, two young women - one the mother of a two-year old who was engaged to be married - were swept out...
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RELATIONSHIP STATEMENTS: AN EFFORT TO FACILITATE A RELATIONSHIP?

Holiday Hart McKiernan Ms. McKiernan is the Executive Director and General Counsel of Alpha Chi Omega. She recently served on a four-member  committee created by the Fraternity Executives Association (FEA) to study efforts to define the relationship between the Greek...
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ENFORCEMENT OF TRADEMARKS

Robert E. Manley, Manley & Burke Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity filed suit against the members of a former Phi Delta Theta chapter that broke away and began operating under the name Phi Delta Alpha. Aside from their Greek letters,...
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STUDENT RECORDS -- PRIVATE OR NOT?

Theresa M. Zawacki Student records are private records - but students cannot use federal law to sue a university that releases their private records to the public. Federal law requires colleges  and universities to keep much information about students confidential...
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