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Federal Regulatory Agencies

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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 ... Show Full Article

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 ... Show Full Article

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, ... Show Full Article

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 ... Show Full Article

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 ... Show Full Article

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 ... Show Full Article

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 ... Show Full Article

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 ... Show Full Article

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 ... Show Full Article