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Litigation
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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is under attack. Learn more and stay up-to-date on advocacy efforts to save it.
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News
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April 22, 2025CPR and Partners Issue Plain Language Explainer for Update on the Texas v. Kennedy (formerly Becerra) Lawsuit
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April 11, 2025On April 11, 2025, CPR joined a diverse group of academic law centers, university professors, unions, and legal advocacy organizations filing friend of the court briefs in support of litigation by two private law firms, WilmerHale and Jenner & Block. Both firms were the subject of Executive Orders filed in March of 2025 revoking their security clearances and requiring Government agencies and contractors to disclose any business they may have with the firms, terminate existing federal contracts, and refrain from hiring firm employees.
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April 3, 2025On April 3rd, CPR and the law firm WilmerHale filed an amicus brief in support of the right to voter assistance for people with disabilities in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, joined by 15 other disability rights organizations.
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March 25, 2025On March 25th, federal judge Amy Totenberg issued an Opinion denying the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss in Isaac A. vs. Carlson, a lawsuit filed by CPR and co-counsel on behalf of Medicaid-eligible children with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) in Georgia.
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March 4, 2025Updates on Litigation, Initiatives and Staff