KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA PREVAILS, AGAIN  

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com The litigation over Kappa Kappa Gamma’s (Kappa) decision to admit a transgender student identifying as female into its University of Wyoming chapter, is still not over. Kappa has prevailed for the second time...
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Update: Cox Litigation to Challenge Alpha Epsilon Phi’s “Sober Sister” Policy as an Assumption of Duty 

Grace Moseley, Fraternal Law Partners, grace.moseley@manleyburke.com The tragic case arising from Sarah Cox’s catastrophic fall at an Alpha Epsilon Phi (AEPhi) event continues to move forward in Suffolk County Superior Court, Massachusetts.[1] The litigation now centers on a novel legal...
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Navigating New Financial Pressures: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s Endowment Tax Reform and Its Impact on Higher Education 

Logan Caudill[1] logancaudill114@gmail.com The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Pub. L. No. 119-21, 119th Congress, 2025)), a sweeping budget reconciliation measure, imposes significant changes to higher education financing through Section 70415, which amends Internal Revenue Code section 4968 to impose...
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Harvard Suspends Orchestra Following Hazing Investigation 

Timothy M. Burke, Fraternal Law Partners, tburke@manleyburke.com The Harvard Crimson, in an article updated September 26, 2025, reported that Harvard College has suspended the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) for the remainder of the fall semester due to an ongoing hazing investigation.1...
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Stanford’s Sigma Chi Alumni Sue University for $50 Million Over Chapter House 

Grace Moseley, Fraternal Law Partners, grace.moseley@manleyburke.com For eighty-five years, Stanford Sigma Chi alumni, through the Alpha Omega Housing Corporation (“AOHC”) founded in 1937, managed the Alpha Omega chapter house by leasing land from Stanford University. On August 21, 2023, the...
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