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Read recent articles and interviews highlighting our firm’s cases, insights, and advocacy.

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Doug Fierberg Featured in Webby-Honored “Out of Bounds” Expert Roundtable


Doug Fierberg was featured as a legal expert in Out of Bounds: “W.T.F. — Wait, That’s Fair?”, a Webby Award–honored series by #WeRideTogether focused on the survivor experience in sport. As part of a national panel of experts, he provided insight into how institutions respond to abuse, the legal barriers survivors often face, and what true accountability looks like within sports organizations. His contribution highlights decades of experience holding institutions responsible and advocating for meaningful change to better protect athletes.

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Campus Hazing Transparency Report: Compliance Requirements for the Stop Campus Hazing Act

Colleges and universities must publish their inaugural Campus Hazing Transparency Report (CHTR) no later than December 23, one year after the Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA) was signed into law. This marks the first entirely new type of public reporting requirement added to the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act in 17 years.

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A&E’s Series Houses of Horror – Attorney Douglas Fierberg Features in First 2 Episodes

Hazed & Excused – Liability: InvestigateTV exposes how national Greek organizations use insurance structures to shield themselves from liability for hazing, binge drinking, and sexual assault, while leaving undergraduates unprotected. TFNLG attorney Douglas Fierberg calls the system a scam, as premiums generate income for nationals despite injuries, deaths, and lasting harm from known dangerous practices.

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Death in the Dorms Returns for Season 2

Death in the Dorms Season 2 returns to Hulu and follows the same format as the first season. This six-episode docuseries tells the tragic true stories of college students whose lives tragically ended: Jackson State University accounting major, Latasha Norman; Louisiana State University freshman and our client, Max Gruver; University of Miami linebacker Marlin Barnes and his friend Timwanika Lumpkins; Temple University film studies student, Jenna Burleigh; Binghamton University nursing student, Haley Anderson; and College of Charleston student, Patrick Moffly.

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Hazed & Excused-Liability: The Complex Structure of Protections National Greek Organizations Have Created to Protect Themselves

This series examines some of the most dangerous incidents in recent Greek life history, revealing how secrecy, power, and pressure within fraternities and sororities can fuel substance abuse, sexual violence, and deadly outcomes.

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What We Know About the Real-Life Victims in ABC News Studios’ New True Crime Series, Death in the Dorms – Streaming on Hulu

Death in the Dorms, produced by ABC News Studios, explores the dark side of college life through six real cases in which students were murdered on campus, with each episode examining one tragic death.The victims include Baruch College student and our client, Michael Deng and others.

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Title IX Attorney Cari Simon Defends Mara Louk, a Visible Music College Student, After She Tells Them She Was Raped and Then Ban Her From Campus

Simon, who as an attorney has handled Title IX cases for more than a decade, said the off-campus carveout implemented by the Trump administration “gives cover to schools that want to sweep sexual assault under the rug, as was done to Mara.”

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The Dark Power of Fraternities – A Yearlong Investigation Highlighting TFNLG Fraternity Hazing Attorney Douglas Fierberg, an Expert in Fraternity-Related Litigation

A yearlong investigation by “The Atlantic” into Greek houses reveal their endemic, lurid, and sometimes tragic problems—and a sophisticated system for shifting the blame. Doug Fierberg, an expert in fraternity-related litigation, was highlighted in the investigation.

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CNN Special Report: Deadly Haze-Inside the Fraternity Crisis. TFNLG Fraternity Hazing Attorney Douglas Fierberg and Our Client Appear in the Report

“Deadly Haze: Inside the Fraternity Crisis” takes an in-depth look at what happened to Timothy Piazza inside the walls of the Beta Theta Pi house at Penn State University and the alleged coverup that ensued. Fraternity Hazing Attorney Douglas Fierberg and a client appear in the report.

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Slaying the Beast: Local Attorney has National Reputation in Campus Sexual Assault, Hazing Cases

Our attorney Doug Fierberg is profiled for his national work holding universities and fraternities accountable in campus sexual assault and hazing cases, taking on powerful institutions and pushing for systemic change.

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Why a Fraternity Wants Students to Pay Up for an Alleged Hazing Incident


Our attorney Doug Fierberg explains why proactive lawsuits against fraternity headquarters are rare and how national leaders often shift responsibility for hazing prevention onto 18- and 19-year-old members.