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SEC Approves Exemptive Order and Proposed Rule Change to Permit Customer Cross-Margining in the U.S. Treasury Market
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release:
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SEC Approves Exemptive Order and Proposed Rule Change to Permit Customer Cross-Margining in the U.S. Treasury Market
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a conditional exemptive order that permits customer cross-margining of cash market positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared by a registered clearing agency and futures positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization.
The order provides for an exemption from the broker-dealer
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WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release:
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SEC Approves Exemptive Order and Proposed Rule Change to Permit Customer Cross-Margining in the U.S. Treasury Market
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a conditional exemptive order that permits customer cross-margining of cash market positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared by a registered clearing agency and futures positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared by a registered derivatives clearing organization.
The order provides for an exemption from the broker-dealercustomer protection rule for a broker-dealer that is dually-registered as a futures commission merchant with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and is a joint clearing member of the clearing agency and derivatives clearing organization, to permit the broker-dealer to make cross-margining available to certain customers in a futures account provided the conditions of the order are met.
In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a proposed rule change filed by the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) pursuant to which it would enter into a proposed Third Amended and Restated Cross-Margining Agreement with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. (CME) and incorporate that agreement into the FICC Government Securities Division rules, along with related rule changes. The agreement would extend the availability of cross-margining to positions cleared and carried for customers by a dually registered broker-dealer and futures commission merchant that is a common member of FICC and CME. The agreement and related rules are consistent with the exemptive order. Prior to today only clearing members could cross-margin futures positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared at CME with cash market positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared at FICC.
"Today's issuance of orders completes another step in the implementation of Treasury clearing," said SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, who has been leading the SEC's efforts in this area. "It advances the goal of both the SEC and the CFTC to unlock additional liquidity and helps ensure the market for U.S. Treasury securities remains resilient."
The exemptive order and order approving the proposed rule change will be available on SEC.gov before publication in the Federal Register, and a related CFTC exemptive order will be available on CFTC.gov and also in the Federal Register.
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Original text here: https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026-36-sec-approves-exemptive-order-proposed-rule-change-permit-customer-cross-margining-us-treasury-market
PepsiCo to Pay $270,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release:
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PepsiCo to Pay $270,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
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Company will also work with consultant to help accommodate employees with visual disabilities
GREENSBORO, N.C. - PepsiCo Beverage Sales, LLC, a Delaware company operating a facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, agreed to pay $270,000 and work with an accessibility consultant to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced
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WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release:
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PepsiCo to Pay $270,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
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Company will also work with consultant to help accommodate employees with visual disabilities
GREENSBORO, N.C. - PepsiCo Beverage Sales, LLC, a Delaware company operating a facility in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, agreed to pay $270,000 and work with an accessibility consultant to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announcedtoday.
According to the EEOC's suit, PepsiCo hired a blind employee as a customer care advocate for its Winston-Salem call center in April 2022. The employee requested a reasonable accommodation for his disability to allow him to access information in company computers needed to perform his job. When the company concluded it could not provide an accommodation, it fired him. The suit also alleged that PepsiCo rejected an offer by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Resources to assist PepsiCo with identifying accessibility solutions for the employee.
Under the two-year consent decree resolving the lawsuit, PepsiCo is enjoined from failing to provide a reasonable accommodation as required by the ADA; must work with an expert to ensure that certain software applications at the Winston-Salem facility will be accessible to individuals with visual disabilities; make periodic progress reports to the EEOC; maintain and distribute an anti-discrimination policy addressing reasonable accommodations; provide relevant training at its Winston-Salem facility; and post a notice of rights and obligations under the ADA.
"The EEOC is pleased that PepsiCo is committed to working with a consultant to make its computer systems accessible to individuals with visual disabilities," said Melinda C. Dugas, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District Office. "Accommodations specialists can be a valuable resource to help employers to meet their obligations under the ADA."
As alleged, the conduct would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, which protects employees and job seekers from disability discrimination. The EEOC filed suit (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. PepsiCo Beverage Sales, LLC d/b/a PepsiCo Beverage Company Case No. 1:24-cv-00456) in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.
The EEOC was represented by trial attorneys Amy Garber and Nicholas Wolfmeyer.
For more information on disability discrimination, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/disability-discrimination.
The EEOC's Charlotte District has jurisdiction over North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
The EEOC is the sole federal agency authorized to investigate and litigate against businesses and other private sector employers for violations of federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. For public sector employers, the EEOC shares jurisdiction with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. The EEOC also is responsible for coordinating the federal government's employment antidiscrimination effort. More information about the EEOC is available at www.eeoc.gov.
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Original text here: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/pepsico-pay-270000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-suit
FTC Testifies Before Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
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FTC Testifies Before Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
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The Federal Trade Commission testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation today to highlight the agency's accomplishments in the last year and a half and its ongoing work to protect consumers and promote competition on behalf of the American people.
These accomplishments reflect the agency's continued work in support of the Trump-Vance administration's pro-consumer, pro-competition agenda,
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WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
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FTC Testifies Before Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
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The Federal Trade Commission testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation today to highlight the agency's accomplishments in the last year and a half and its ongoing work to protect consumers and promote competition on behalf of the American people.
These accomplishments reflect the agency's continued work in support of the Trump-Vance administration's pro-consumer, pro-competition agenda,which prioritizes lower costs, fair markets and accountability across the economy.
FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson testified at the hearing along with Commissioner Mark R. Meador and outlined the Commission's priorities and recent achievements on behalf of consumers, workers and honest businesses. This includes staff preparations for the enforcement of the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which is set to go into effect on May 19. The act, which was signed into law last year by President Trump, protects the victims of online abuse and exploitation by requiring, among other things, online platforms to take down nonconsensual intimate images.
As part of the agency's broad mandate to protect consumers, the FTC has worked to combat deceptive fees that drive up costs in areas ranging from automobiles, online food delivery, concert tickets and online subscriptions. The Commission is fighting for consumer privacy rights and working to stop illegal robocalls and telemarketing scams.
The testimony also showcased the Commission's ongoing fight against anticompetitive practices in the marketplace. This included a renewed focus on preserving competition in the healthcare market through the creation of a Healthcare Task Force to ensure healthcare is available, affordable and effective for the American people.
The Commission has also taken action to protect workers from anticompetitive labor practices such as unreasonable noncompete agreements, no-hire provisions and DEI collusion.
The Commission vote to approve the testimony was 2-0.
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Original text here: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/04/ftc-testifies-senate-commerce-science-transportation-committee
FTC Takes Action to Restore Competition in the Digital Advertising Ecosystem
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
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FTC Takes Action to Restore Competition in the Digital Advertising Ecosystem
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The Federal Trade Commission, along with a coalition of states, took decisive action today to stop collusion between the nation's largest advertising agencies that distorted America's modern public square.
Starting in 2018, major U.S. advertising agencies WPP, Publicis and Dentsu-who buy digital ad inventory on behalf of advertisers-unlawfully colluded to impose common "brand safety" standards across the digital advertising
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WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
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FTC Takes Action to Restore Competition in the Digital Advertising Ecosystem
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The Federal Trade Commission, along with a coalition of states, took decisive action today to stop collusion between the nation's largest advertising agencies that distorted America's modern public square.
Starting in 2018, major U.S. advertising agencies WPP, Publicis and Dentsu-who buy digital ad inventory on behalf of advertisers-unlawfully colluded to impose common "brand safety" standards across the digital advertisingindustry, according to the FTC's complaint. The ad agencies, together with their primary competitors Omnicom and IPG, operated through trade associations to establish a common "Brand Safety Floor" to target "misinformation."
The complaint alleges firms like NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index used this misinformation designation as a means to promote the demonetization of disfavored political viewpoints. In a competitive market, ad agencies compete for advertisers' business by offering brand-safety tools that provide the best quality at the lowest cost. The brand safety agreement displaced competition by insulating the ad agencies from these competitive conditions, according to the complaint.
To resolve the FTC's charges, the ad agencies have agreed to a proposed order that will stop the alleged coordinated conduct and prevent similar conduct from occurring in the future.
"The ad agencies' brand-safety conspiracy turned competition in the market for ad-buying services on its head," said Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. "The antitrust laws guarantee participation in a market free from conduct, such as economic boycotts, that distort the fundamental competitive pressures that promote lower prices, higher quality products and increased innovation.
"As we explain in our complaint, the brand-safety agreement limited competition in the market for ad-buying services and deprived advertisers of the benefits of differentiated brand-safety standards that could be tailored to their unique advertising inventory," he continued. "This unlawful collusion not only damaged our marketplace, but also distorted the marketplace of ideas by discriminating against speech and ideas that fell below the unlawfully agreed-upon floor. The proposed order remedies the dangers inherent to collusive practices and restores competition to the digital news ecosystem."
As the complaint alleges, the ad agencies operated through their trade associations-specifically, the World Federation of Advertisers' Global Alliance for Responsible Media ("GARM") and the American Association of Advertising Agencies' Advertiser Protection Bureau ("APB")-to establish their common brand-safety standards. Under the agencies' brand-safety agreement, websites that included so-called "misinformation" were deemed to fall below the brand safety floor and thus risked becoming categorically ineligible for advertising revenue.
If approved by a federal judge, the order will ensure that each of the biggest U.S. advertising agencies are prevented from engaging in agreements that would set common brand safety standards or restrict advertising based on biased and politically motivated criteria.
Omnicom and IPG are subject to a similar FTC order.
The Commission vote to issue the complaint and final order was 1-0-1, with Commissioner Meador recused. The FTC's complaint and final order were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Joining the complaint are Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.
NOTE: The Commission authorizes the filing of a complaint when it has "reason to believe" that the named defendants are violating or are about to violate the law and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. Consent decrees have the force of law when approved and signed by the District Court judge.
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Original text here: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/04/ftc-takes-action-restore-competition-digital-advertising-ecosystem
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Launches National Recall Fraud Effort as Part of Trump Administration's Anti-Fraud Initiative
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release:
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Launches National Recall Fraud Effort as Part of Trump Administration's Anti-Fraud Initiative
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Agency Seeks Public Input on How to Strengthen Tools to Detect and Deter Fraud and Abuse in Consumer Recalls
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced a national effort to tackle fraud and abuse in consumer product recalls. CPSC is seeking public input on how to better prevent recall fraud without making it harder for
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WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release:
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Launches National Recall Fraud Effort as Part of Trump Administration's Anti-Fraud Initiative
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Agency Seeks Public Input on How to Strengthen Tools to Detect and Deter Fraud and Abuse in Consumer Recalls
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced a national effort to tackle fraud and abuse in consumer product recalls. CPSC is seeking public input on how to better prevent recall fraud without making it harder forconsumers to access remedies or increasing compliance burdens for companies.
Comments can be submitted here and must be received within 60 days of publication in the Federal Register.
CPSC is seeking input from businesses, recall administrators, consumer advocates, and the public on:
* The scope and characteristics of recall fraud
* The costs and impacts on recall programs and consumers
* Effective tools and strategies to detect and deter fraud
* Ways to reduce fraud without increasing burdens on legitimate consumers
* Potential actions the Commission can take under its existing authorities
"Consumer product recalls are one of our most important safety tools," said CPSC Acting Chairman Peter A. Feldman. "Recall fraud is not a victimless offense. It undermines product safety, drains resources, and makes it harder to get dangerous products out of American homes."
CPSC uses recalls as a critical tool to remove hazardous products from the marketplace, often working with companies to provide consumer-friendly remedies such as refunds, repairs, or replacements that incentivize consumers to stop using unsafe products. Fraud can drive up costs, reduce participation, distort data, and ultimately make recalls less effective.
Today's announcement is part of the Trump administration's broader, whole-of-government strategy to combat fraud, improve program integrity, and ensure taxpayer and private-sector resources are used efficiently.
Contact: Shira Rawlinson
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Original text here: https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2026/US-Consumer-Product-Safety-Commission-Launches-National-Recall-Fraud-Effort-as-Part-of-Trump-Administrations-Anti-Fraud-Initiative
FTC Takes Action Against Noncompete Agreements, Securing Protections for Workers
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
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FTC Takes Action Against Noncompete Agreements, Securing Protections for Workers
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The Federal Trade Commission today ordered Rollins, Inc.-one of the largest pest-control companies in the United States-to stop enforcing noncompete agreements against more than 18,000 employees nationwide. The agency also sent warning letters to 13 other companies in the pest-control industry that employ many thousands more workers, urging the firms to review their employment agreements to ensure they do not contain
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WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
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FTC Takes Action Against Noncompete Agreements, Securing Protections for Workers
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The Federal Trade Commission today ordered Rollins, Inc.-one of the largest pest-control companies in the United States-to stop enforcing noncompete agreements against more than 18,000 employees nationwide. The agency also sent warning letters to 13 other companies in the pest-control industry that employ many thousands more workers, urging the firms to review their employment agreements to ensure they do not containany unfair or anticompetitive noncompete provisions.
The FTC's action against Rollins-the parent company of brands including Orkin, HomeTeam, and Critter Control-is the latest in a series of enforcement actions taken by the Trump-Vance FTC to free American workers from labor practices that limit small business formation, employee mobility, and wage and job growth.
Rollins imposed noncompete agreements on nearly all its employees, which typically prohibited them from working in the pest-control industry for two years after ending employment with Rollins. The company's noncompete agreements prohibited employees from working in pest control within a predetermined distance, typically within a 75-mile radius from one of Rollins' more than 700 locations in the U.S., the FTC's complaint alleges.
Under the proposed FTC order, Rollins must, among other obligations, stop enforcing noncompete agreements against thousands of current and former Rollins workers, which will free them from these alleged unfair and anticompetitive agreements.
"Once again, the FTC is fighting for American workers to ensure that they have the freedom to pursue new job opportunities and better pay," said Daniel Guarnera, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition. "The American economy runs best when workers are not limited by noncompete agreements that distort competition and prevent workers from changing jobs, starting competing businesses, and earning higher wages. The FTC's actions today build on its work to enforce the antitrust laws to protect American workers."
Rollins' noncompete agreements covered a broad range of employees, including pest-control technicians, customer-service representatives, and other employees earning relatively low wages. According to the FTC's complaint, Rollins imposed these agreements on employees who had no ability to negotiate, received no extra compensation or other incremental consideration for signing the agreement, and were asked to sign these agreements with little or no opportunity to fully consider and understand what they meant.
As alleged in the complaint, Rollins issued hundreds of threatening cease-and-desist letters to former employees, citing an alleged breach of their noncompete agreements. In addition, Rollins has filed multiple lawsuits against former employees challenging an alleged noncompete agreement breach.
The noncompete agreements have denied workers access to job opportunities, restricted worker mobility, and likely resulted in lower wages and salaries, reduced benefits, less favorable working conditions, and personal hardship, the FTC's complaint alleges. The agreements have also suppressed competition by preventing the entry and expansion of Rollins' competitors, while also discouraging Rollins employees from starting new businesses that could compete in the pest-control industry, the complaint further alleges.
The FTC's proposed consent order states, among other things, that:
* Rollins must cease and desist from, directly or indirectly, entering or attempting to enter into, maintaining or attempting to maintain, enforcing or attempting to enforce, or threatening to enforce a noncompete agreement; and
* Rollins must provide notice to current and former employees that they are no longer subject to a noncompete agreement and that they can compete against Rollins, including by starting their own business.
Warning Letters
Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson also issued warning letters to 13 other companies in the pest control industry advising recipients that noncompete agreements deployed elsewhere in the industry may have harms similar to Rollins' noncompete agreements.
These adverse effects can include restricted worker mobility and access to job opportunities, reduced wages, salaries, and benefits, less favorable working conditions, personal hardships, and impeded entry, expansion, and growth of competitors. The letters urge recipients to conduct a comprehensive review of their employment agreements-including any noncompetes-to ensure they are appropriately tailored and comply with the law.
The FTC has prioritized investigating and prosecuting deceptive, unfair, and anticompetitive labor-market practices, including through the creation of a cross-agency Joint Labor Task Force.
The Trump-Vance FTC has brought several actions to stop anticompetitive labor practices including:
* Ordering the nation's largest pet cremation business to stop enforcing noncompete agreements against nearly 1,800 workers;
* Stopping building services contractor Adamas Amenity Services LLC (Adamas) and its affiliated businesses from enforcing no-hire agreements; and
* Issuing letters to several large healthcare employers and staffing firms urging them to conduct a comprehensive review of their employment agreements to ensure they are appropriately tailored and comply with the law.
The Commission vote to issue the complaint and accept the proposed consent agreement for public comment was 2-0. Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued a statement joined by Commissioner Mark R. Meador.
The public will have 30 days to submit comments on the proposed consent agreement package. Instructions for filing comments appear on the docket. Once processed, they will be posted on Regulations.gov.
NOTE: The Commission issues an administrative complaint when it has "reason to believe" that the law has been or is being violated, and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. When the Commission issues a consent order on a final basis, it carries the force of law with respect to future actions.
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Original text here: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/04/ftc-takes-action-against-noncompete-agreements-securing-protections-workers
CFTC Approves Order to Further Strengthen U.S. Treasury Market Liquidity
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release:
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CFTC Approves Order to Further Strengthen U.S. Treasury Market Liquidity
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved an order to grant a limited exemption necessary for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation to make their existing cross-margining arrangement available to certain customers with appropriate safeguards.
The order permits joint clearing members of CME and FICC that are dually registered as broker-dealers with the Securities
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WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following news release:
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CFTC Approves Order to Further Strengthen U.S. Treasury Market Liquidity
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved an order to grant a limited exemption necessary for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation to make their existing cross-margining arrangement available to certain customers with appropriate safeguards.
The order permits joint clearing members of CME and FICC that are dually registered as broker-dealers with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission and futures commission merchants with the Commission to hold futures customer funds in a commingled customer account at FICC. Prior to today's exemptive order, only clearing members could cross-margin futures positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared at CME with cash market positions in U.S. Treasury securities cleared at FICC.
"Today's joint action supports both the CFTC's and SEC's broader effort to strengthen the resilience and liquidity of the U.S. Treasury market," said Chairman Michael S. Selig. "By enabling more efficient risk management across related products, this proposal moves us closer toward a more modern, robust market structure."
The exemptive order will be available on CFTC.gov and published in the Federal Register. A related SEC exemptive order will be available on SEC.gov and published in the Federal Register.
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Original text here: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9214-26
Carlstar Group to Pay $300,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release:
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The Carlstar Group to Pay $300,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
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Tire manufacturer settles federal suit charging employees in two states were fired for using prescription medications
ST. LOUIS - The Carlstar Group, LLC, a Franklin, Tennessee-based manufacturer of specialty tires and wheels, will pay $300,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced
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WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release:
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The Carlstar Group to Pay $300,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
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Tire manufacturer settles federal suit charging employees in two states were fired for using prescription medications
ST. LOUIS - The Carlstar Group, LLC, a Franklin, Tennessee-based manufacturer of specialty tires and wheels, will pay $300,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announcedtoday.
According to the EEOC's suit, since at least January 2020, Carlstar denied opportunities to manufacturing employees in Tennessee and South Carolina when the company learned they were lawfully taking certain prescription medications, including narcotics and opioids, for the treatment of disabilities, even after the employees were medically cleared to perform their job duties. The suit also alleged that Carlstar failed to consider or provide the workers with reasonable accommodations to the company's drug testing and substance abuse policy which would enable employees to work while lawfully using their prescribed medications.
"Federal law provides protections for disabled employees who lawfully take prescription medication for qualifying disabilities," said Andrea G. Baran, regional attorney for the EEOC's St. Louis District Office. "Employers must follow the law, train their supervisors, and ensure they provide required accommodations to employees who take such medications and can perform the essential functions of their jobs."
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits disability discrimination in employment. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. The Carlstar Group, LLC, Case No. 3:25-cv-00575EJR) in May 2025 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.
David S. Davis, district director of the EEOC's St. Louis District Office, said, "Compliance with the ADA requires more than a one-size-fits-all approach. Employers must individually assess such employees to determine whether they can safely perform their job duties while taking the medication."
In addition to the required monetary relief, the five-year consent decree settling the suit obligates Carlstar to adopt strong policies and procedures for the provision of reasonable accommodations for employees who take prescription medication, and train supervisors and other employees. The decree also requires Carlstar to track and maintain all requests for disability accommodations related to prescription medication, post a notice to employees about their federal right to be free from disability discrimination, and report periodically to the EEOC.
For more information about disability discrimination, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/disability-discrimination.
The EEOC's St. Louis District Office has jurisdiction over Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and a portion of southern Illinois, with area offices in Kansas City, Kansas, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The EEOC is the sole federal agency authorized to investigate and litigate against businesses and other private sector employers for violations of federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. For public sector employers, the EEOC shares jurisdiction with the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. The EEOC also is responsible for coordinating the federal government's employment antidiscrimination effort. More information about the EEOC is available at www.eeoc.gov.
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Original text here: https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/carlstar-group-pay-300000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit
FCC Selects New Lead Administrator for U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program
WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on April 13, 2026:
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FCC Selects New Lead Administrator for U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program
The Federal Communications Commission today announced the selection of ioXt Alliance (ioXt) to serve as the new Lead Administrator of its U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program, a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for consumer wireless Internet of Things (IoT) products. This program, overseen by the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, builds on significant public and private sector work on IoT
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WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on April 13, 2026:
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FCC Selects New Lead Administrator for U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program
The Federal Communications Commission today announced the selection of ioXt Alliance (ioXt) to serve as the new Lead Administrator of its U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program, a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for consumer wireless Internet of Things (IoT) products. This program, overseen by the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, builds on significant public and private sector work on IoTcybersecurity.
Under Chairman Brendan Carr's leadership, the Commission has worked to advance the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program with a greater emphasis on national security. To that end, the FCC welcomes ioXt as the new Lead Administrator and looks forward to working with them to finalize implementation of the program. ioXt is an independent, U.S.-based non-profit organization, whose focus is on improving the security, privacy, and transparency of IoT products. ioXt describes itself as the United States' preeminent certification body dedicated to the security of IoT products and a leader in the relevant stakeholder community.
Chairman Carr issued the following statement:
"The FCC's U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program was designed to help consumers make informed decisions about the products they bring into their homes. With today's decision, the FCC is ensuring that the Lead Administrator will implement the program in a way that is consistent with that vision, while advancing national and cyber security."
Additional Information:
The FCC's U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Program is supported by third party administrators, including a Lead Administrator, whose duties are spelled out in the FCC's IoT Labeling Order. ioXt, as the new Lead Administrator, will be responsible for collaborating with stakeholders to develop a consumer outreach campaign and recommending to the Commission additional cybersecurity standards, testing procedures, and label design.
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Original text here: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-420764A1.pdf
