Roedler is responsible for his talk (and following the law just a tad too closely for this crowd's taste). Pogemiller is responsible for setting things straight

Roedler is responsible for his talk (and following the law just a tad too closely for this crowd's taste). Pogemiller is responsible for setting things straight (and risks taking the heat by Coursera's for-pay competitors). The situation right now is that they interpret law in a way that isn't exactly typical to the US legal system, with the intent to fix up any shortcomings of the law in 3 months (+ whatever the lawmakers need to get to a conclusion). I wouldn't expect some subordinate in any office to take such a (rather bold) step on their own. As long as they revise their internal policies, so matters relating to new developments are escalated to Pogemiller earlier, the handling seems fine to me. It's not like they sent people to the death row, the worst that happened is two days of media drama.