Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com According to an October 2, 2007, letter from the ACLU of Southern California to the President of Chapman University, Chapman has restricted the free speech and association rights of students desiring to affiliate with Sigma...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke filed hazing charges against five individuals, including two Rider University administrators, following the binge-drinking death of Gary DeVercelly.  Mr. DeVercelly, a pledge of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, died in March from alcohol poisoning.  His blood...

Redesign Schedule Topic   Current/New Item To Be Completed By Comments A Public Charity Status Current Sch A Part IV All 501(c)(3) organizations Redesigned Sch A focuses exclusively on Public Charity status; May take the place of Form 8734 in...

Barbara Schwartz Bromberg, Esq, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP INTRODUCTION On June 14, 2007,  the IRS released for public comment a discussion draft of a redesigned and revised Form 990, Return of Organizations Exempt from Income Tax.  This, of course, is...

Barbara Schwartz Bromberg, Esq, Dinsmore & Shohl Smaller organizations (those normally having no more than $25,000 of gross receipts each year), churches and some other organizations did not have to file annual information returns (Form 990) prior to the passage...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently handed down its decision in Chi Iota Colony of Alpha Epsilon Pi v. City University of New York,1 one of the more important cases for Greeks in years.  The...