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U.S. Access Board Proposes Updates to Section 508 Standards

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 02.20.15

On February 18, 2015, the U.S. Access Board published a proposed rule revising and updating the standards implementing Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, regarding the accessibility of electronic and information technology developed, procured, maintained, or used by federal agencies. Click here for our summary and analysis of this proposed rule.

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Client Alert | 2 min read | 03.23.26

ACTS Survey Compliance Deadline Temporarily Extended: What Higher Education Institutions Need to Know

On March 13, a Massachusetts federal district court temporarily blocked the Trump Administration from requiring higher education institutions to respond to the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (“ACTS”) survey — a new data collection effort mandating that institutions disclose detailed admissions information regarding students’ race and sex to the federal government. In Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Education, 1:26-cv-11229 (D. Mass.), the court extended the deadline for institutions to respond to the survey from March 18th to March 25th to allow time to consider the case....