Fraternal Law Partners, a division of Manley Burke, LPA, is pleased to announce the return of the Fraternal Law Conference in 2012. The Fraternal Law Conference is the leading legal education event for fraternities, sororities and their related foundations, and...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke The United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina recently granted summary judgment, finding that a chapter and individual members were not named insureds because of their bad behavior and failure to follow...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke The collegiate Greek Anti-Hazing Hotline, launched in 2007, now has 38 member fraternities and sororities representing more than 35% of all undergraduate Greek letter members. The Hotline welcomed its newest member, Omega Phi Beta, the first...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke In May, a jury in the Putnam County Circuit Court in Tennessee delivered a total verdict of $8,000,000 in favor of a student who was injured at a recruitment event at the Phi Gamma Delta’s Tennessee...

John Christopher, Manley Burke, john.christopher@manleyburke.com We are often asked why charities cannot (or should not) own chapter houses. The question usually dovetails with an emphasized assertion “other groups are doing it and nothing has happened to them.” The primary benefit,...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The long-running Paddletramps trademark litigation1 is over.  At least until an appeals court finds otherwise.  Both sides achieved some success. This case was brought by Paddletramps, which had for years been producing and selling paddles...

Tim Burke, Manley Burke, tburke@manleyburke.com The fallout from the Penn State scandal is not over and it is not limited to the University, its officials and the victims. Penn State’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life is now training Fraternity...

Fraternal Law is now available only by email or online at www.manleyburke.com and www.fraternallaw.com.  If you would like to receive the newsletters by email, please send your name and email address to me at dan.mccarthy@fraternallaw.com.  I will be sure you...

The concept of a Designated Driver (DD) or “Delta Delta” program is a good example of first-echelon logic.  The logic:  Most chapter members will consume alcohol…that consumption will often occur at venues outside of the chapter house…that consumption will exceed...