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NRC Issues Annual Assessments for Nation's Nuclear Plants
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release:
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NRC Issues Annual Assessments for Nation's Nuclear Plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued annual letters to the nation's 95 operating commercial nuclear reactors, regarding their performance in 2025.
The 95 reactors currently in the agency's Reactor Oversight Process include Palisades in Michigan, which returned to operational status last year but has yet to restart. Ninety reactors reached the highest performance category in safety and security. These include the Waterford plant
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WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release:
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NRC Issues Annual Assessments for Nation's Nuclear Plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued annual letters to the nation's 95 operating commercial nuclear reactors, regarding their performance in 2025.
The 95 reactors currently in the agency's Reactor Oversight Process include Palisades in Michigan, which returned to operational status last year but has yet to restart. Ninety reactors reached the highest performance category in safety and security. These include the Waterford plantin Louisiana, which resolved issues of low safety significance during the year. Those reactors remain under the NRC's "baseline" inspection program, involving thousands of inspection hours for each reactor.
Five reactors were in the second performance category for 2025, as they need to resolve one or two items of low safety significance. For this performance level, regulatory oversight includes additional inspection and follow-up of corrective actions. Plants in this category are Hope Creek (New Jersey), South Texas Project Unit 2 (Texas), V.C. Summer (South Carolina), and Watts Bar 1 and 2 (Tennessee).
There were no reactors in the third or fourth performance categories, which trigger additional NRC oversight, or the fifth performance category, which requires a reactor to shut down to address performance problems.
Later this spring and summer, NRC will host a public meeting or other event for each plant to discuss the details of the annual assessment results. Separate announcements will be issued for public assessment meetings. In addition to the annual assessment letters, plants also receive an NRC inspection plan for the coming year.
The NRC's website outlines oversight of commercial nuclear power on the Reactor Oversight Process page. The NRC routinely updates each plant's current performance and posts the latest information as it becomes available to the action matrix summary. Assessment letters are posted on our website (https://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/oversight/listofasmrpt.html). (click on "2025006" for each plant except Palisades, which is under "2025007").
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission was created as an expert, technical agency to protect public health, safety, and security, and regulate the civilian use of nuclear materials, including enabling the deployment of nuclear power for the benefit of society. Among other responsibilities, the agency issues licenses, conducts inspections, initiates and enforces regulations, and plans for incident response. The NRC is collaborating with interagency partners to implement reforms outlined in new Executive Orders and the ADVANCE Act to streamline agency activities and enhance efficiency.
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Original text here: https://www.nrc.gov/sites/default/files/cdn/doc-collection-news/2026/26-032.pdf
FEC Issues Digest for Week of March 9-13, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest:
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Commission meetings and hearings
No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.
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Website Initiatives
This week, the Commission launched a new rulemaking search system on the FEC's website. The new system provides fast, comprehensive access to FEC rulemaking documents and is easily accessible via mobile devices. Users can search rulemaking documents by regulation number, document type, date, and more. Advanced search capabilities include keyword and Boolean options and proximity
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WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest:
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Commission meetings and hearings
No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week.
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Website Initiatives
This week, the Commission launched a new rulemaking search system on the FEC's website. The new system provides fast, comprehensive access to FEC rulemaking documents and is easily accessible via mobile devices. Users can search rulemaking documents by regulation number, document type, date, and more. Advanced search capabilities include keyword and Boolean options and proximityfilters that allow users to search for terms or phrases that appear within a set distance from one another. More information about the FEC's legal search system capabilities is available in the FEC's Legal Research Guide.
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Regulations and agency procedures
FEC Form 99 Update: The Commission has recently implemented new attachment functionality for electronic filers submitting an FEC Form 99 webform (Miscellaneous Electronic Submission to the FEC), which will now allow committees to upload PDF documents as part of their submissions. As a result, committees may now file Schedule C-1s (Loans and Lines of Credit from Lending Institutions), copies of loan agreements, loan forgiveness statements, and Form 8s (Debt Settlement Plans) electronically as attachments with electronic signatures, including required third-party signatures. Prior to this new functionality, filers had to file documents with third-party signatures on paper. Filers should properly categorize the Form 99 from the list of options provided.
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Litigation
Giffords v. FEC (Case No. 25-5188) On March 12, Appellants National Rifle Association of America and the National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund filed a Reply Brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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Reports Due in 2026
The Commission has posted the 2026 Congressional Pre-Election Reporting Dates. Reporting schedules for all filers in 2026 are also available.
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Election Dates
The Commission has posted a list of 2026 Congressional Primary Dates.
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Employment opportunities
The Commission is accepting applications for the position of Attorney-Adviser (Ethics) in the Deputy General Counsel of Law Division of the Office of General Counsel through March 13, 2026.
The Commission is accepting applications for the position of IT Specialist (Customer Support) in the Operations Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer, through March 17, 2026.
The Commission is accepting applications for the position of Auditor through March 19, 2026.
The Commission is accepting applications for the position of IT Specialist (INFOSEC/CUSTSPT) in the Operations Division, Office of the Chief Information Officer, through March 24, 2026.
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Upcoming educational opportunities
March 18, 2026: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for Nonconnected PACs.
March 25, 2026: The Commission is scheduled to host a FECFile webinar for PACs and party committees.
April 1, 2026: The Commission is scheduled to host a FECFile webinar for candidate committees.
April 21-22, 2026: The Commission is scheduled to host a webinar for corporations and their PACs.
For more information on upcoming training opportunities, see the Commission's Trainings page.
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Upcoming reporting due dates
March 20: March Monthly Reports are due. For more information, see the 2026 Monthly Reporting schedules.
The Commission has posted filing information regarding the Georgia 14th District Special Runoff Election, scheduled for April 7, 2026.
The Commission has posted filing information regarding the New Jersey 11th District Special General Election, scheduled for April 16, 2026.
The Commission has posted filing information regarding the California 1st District Special General Election, scheduled for June 2, 2026, and Special Runoff Election (if necessary), scheduled for August 4, 2026.
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Additional research materials
Contribution Limits: In addition to the current limits, the Commission has posted an archive of contribution limits that were in effect going back to the 1975-1976 election cycles.
Federal election results are available. The data was compiled from the official vote totals published by state election offices.
FEC Notify: Want to be notified by email when campaign finance reports are received by the agency? Sign up here.
The Combined Federal State Disclosure and Election Directory is available. This publication identifies the federal and state agencies responsible for the disclosure of campaign finances, lobbying, personal finances, public financing, candidates on the ballot, election results, spending on state initiatives, and other financial filings.
The Presidential Election Campaign Fund Tax Checkoff Chart provides information on balance of the Fund, monthly deposits into the Fund reported by the Department of the Treasury, payments from the Fund as certified by the FEC, and participation rates of taxpayers as reported by the Internal Revenue Service. For more information on the Presidential Public Funding Program, see the Public Funding of Presidential Elections page.
The FEC Record is available as a continuously updated online news source.
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Original text here: https://www.fec.gov/updates/week-of-march-9-13-2026/
FTC Warns 97 Auto Dealership Groups About Deceptive Pricing
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
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FTC Warns 97 Auto Dealership Groups About Deceptive Pricing
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending letters to 97 auto groups nationwide, warning them that the prices they advertise must be the total price-including all mandatory fees-that consumers will be required to pay.
The letters encourage dealers to review their advertising and pricing practices, including ensuring advertised prices include all fees consumers will be required to pay when buying a vehicle. At a minimum, this includes evaluating
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WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release:
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FTC Warns 97 Auto Dealership Groups About Deceptive Pricing
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The Federal Trade Commission is sending letters to 97 auto groups nationwide, warning them that the prices they advertise must be the total price-including all mandatory fees-that consumers will be required to pay.
The letters encourage dealers to review their advertising and pricing practices, including ensuring advertised prices include all fees consumers will be required to pay when buying a vehicle. At a minimum, this includes evaluatingadvertised prices to ensure they match actual prices charged to consumers. The FTC will continue to monitor the marketplace, the letters state, and will take additional action as warranted to ensure compliance with the FTC Act and other rules the Commission enforces.
"The Trump-Vance FTC is committed to preventing auto dealers from misleading consumers with low advertised prices and then adding on mandatory fees at the end of the purchasing process," said Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "The FTC will remain focused on monitoring auto dealerships to ensure that the market functions efficiently and competitors are transparently competing on price."
The letters are part of the FTC's ongoing work to ensure price transparency across multiple markets, including rental housing, ticketing and hotels, grocery and delivery services, and auto sales and leasing. To help support affordability in the marketplace, the agency is dedicated to ensuring that consumers only pay the advertised price for products and services, and are not subject to undisclosed fees, hidden charges or other illegal conduct.
The letters the FTC sent to the auto dealers cite several examples of illegal pricing practices in the auto industry including:
* advertising a price that does not reflect all required fees,
* advertising a price that reflects rebates or discounts not available to all consumers,
* advertising a price that fails to take into account the amount of an additional required down payment,
* conditioning the advertised price on consumers using dealer financing,
* requiring consumers to buy additional items not reflected in the advertised price, and
* advertising unavailable or non-existent vehicles.
The letters also note several pending actions the FTC has brought to address deceptive pricing practices in the auto industry including cases against Lindsay Chevrolet, Leader Automotive Group and Asbury Automotive Group.
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Original text here: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/03/ftc-warns-97-auto-dealership-groups-about-deceptive-pricing
CPSC Issues Recall Alert Involving LIVEHOM 11-Drawer Dressers
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on March 12, 2026:
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Name of Product: LIVEHOM 11-Drawer Dressers
Hazard: The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory safety standard as required by the STURDY Act.
Remedy: Refund
Recall Date: March 12, 2026
Units: About 370
Consumer Contact: Simplehome by email at livehomerecall@163.com.
Recall Details
Description: This
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WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on March 12, 2026:
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Name of Product: LIVEHOM 11-Drawer Dressers
Hazard: The recalled dressers are unstable if they are not anchored to the wall, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in risks of serious injuries or death to children. The dressers violate the mandatory safety standard as required by the STURDY Act.
Remedy: Refund
Recall Date: March 12, 2026
Units: About 370
Consumer Contact: Simplehome by email at livehomerecall@163.com.
Recall Details
Description: Thisrecall involves LIVEHOM-branded 11-Drawer Dressers. The recalled dressers are made of fabric and were sold in black, white, pink, rustic brown and charcoal black. They measure about 11.8 inches long, 39 inches wide and 46 inches tall and have 11 fabric drawers. The brand name can be found on the product sale receipt.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled dressers if they are not anchored to the wall and place them in an area that children cannot access. Contact Simplehome for a full refund. Consumers will be asked to write "RECALL" with permanent marker on the dressers and send a photo of the marked dressers to livehomerecall@163.com. Consumers should then dispose of the recalled product.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported
Sold Online At: Amazon.com from December 2025 through January 2026 for about $110.
Retailer: Shenzhen Lvmukeji Co., Ltd., dba Simplehome, of China
Manufactured In: China
Recall number: 26-321
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Original text here: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/LIVEHOM-11-Drawer-Dressers-Recalled-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Tip-Over-and-Entrapment-Hazards-Violates-Mandatory-Standard-for-Clothing-Storage-Units-Sold-on-Amazon-by-Simplehome
CPSC Issues Recall Alert Involving Kluster Fun Tabletop Magnet Chess Games
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on March 12, 2026:
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Name of Product: Kluster Fun Tabletop Magnet Chess Games
Hazard: The recalled magnet games violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain loose high-powered magnets that fit within CPSC's small parts cylinder, posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage
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WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on March 12, 2026:
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Name of Product: Kluster Fun Tabletop Magnet Chess Games
Hazard: The recalled magnet games violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain loose high-powered magnets that fit within CPSC's small parts cylinder, posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other, or other metal objects, and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockageof the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
Remedy: Replace
Recall Date: March 12, 2026
Units: About 151,600
Consumer Contact: Stoney Games at 800-362-0977 from 8 a.m. to p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, email at klusterrecall@gmail.com or online at www.klustermagnets.com/recall or www.klustermagnets.com and click "Recall" at the top of the page for more information.
Recall Details
Description: This recall involves the Kluster Fun Tabletop Magnet Chess Games with small, loose magnets about .5 to one inch wide and .3 to .4 inches high. The games are sold in a black box with the word "Kluster" on the front of the box. The games include about 24 magnets, an orange string, an instruction manual and a black storage pouch with "Kluster" printed on the front. The games were also sold in a white pouch with gameplay instructions printed on the back.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled magnet games, take them away from children and contact Stoney Games for instructions on how to dispose of the recalled magnets and receive replacement magnets that are not small parts.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported
Sold At: Independent game shops nationwide, and online at Klustermagnets.com, Amazon.com, and Etsy.com from October 2018 to September 2025 for between $15 and $20.
Importer(s): Stoney Games, LLC of Bexley, Ohio
Manufactured In: China
Recall number: 26-319
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Original text here: https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Stoney-Games-Recalls-Kluster-Magnet-Chess-Games-Due-to-Risk-of-Serious-Injury-or-Death-from-Magnet-Ingestion-Violates-Mandatory-Standard-for-Toys
Appeals court affirms dismissal of McDonald v. FEC (25-10830)
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news:
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Appeals court affirms dismissal of McDonald v. FEC (25-10830)
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On March 2, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the appeals court) upheld the district court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Background
On February 18, 2025, Tony McDonald (plaintiff) filed suit claiming that the disclosure of contributor names and addresses of conduit contributions not exceeding $200 violates the First Amendment. As relief, plaintiff sought a permanent injunction barring
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WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following news:
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Appeals court affirms dismissal of McDonald v. FEC (25-10830)
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On March 2, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the appeals court) upheld the district court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.
Background
On February 18, 2025, Tony McDonald (plaintiff) filed suit claiming that the disclosure of contributor names and addresses of conduit contributions not exceeding $200 violates the First Amendment. As relief, plaintiff sought a permanent injunction barringthe FEC from requiring this information from fundraising platforms when reporting conduit contributions and asked the court to order the FEC to remove plaintiff's past small-amount conduit contributions from the public record. On April 22, 2025, the FEC filed a motion to dismiss.
The district court granted the Commission's motion on July 9, 2025, finding that the plaintiff failed to allege an injury in fact and did not have Article III standing to pursue his claim. The district court held that the public disclosure of donor information is not a constitutional injury in and of itself. The plaintiff challenged that decision, but the appeals court agreed with the earlier findings and affirmed the district court's dismissal.
Analysis
The appeals court determined that the alleged harms from disclosure of plaintiff's contributions are merely speculative and do not establish injury in fact. Additionally, plaintiff's fears of "chilled speech" are insufficient to establish a First Amendment injury. The appeals court concluded that "McDonald's speculation about what he might do in response to the possibility of future disclosures, and what someone else might think based on such unspecified hypothetical disclosures, is a "subjective" chill of the kind that we have consistently excluded from this exceptional form of standing."
Accordingly, the appeals court affirmed the district court's order and dismissed the case without prejudice.
Resources
* McDonald v. FEC litigation page
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Original text here: https://www.fec.gov/updates/appeals-court-affirms-dismissal-of-mcdonald-v-fec-25-10830-record/
ALM Freight and LMDmax to Pay $107,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release:
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ALM Freight and LMDmax to Pay $107,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
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Companies settle federal suit alleging they refused to provide sign language interpreter and revoked job offer
DETROIT - ALM Freight, LLC, an Amazon delivery service company, agreed to pay $47,000 and LMDmax Corp., ALM's employment agency, agreed to pay $60,000 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, March 13 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release:
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ALM Freight and LMDmax to Pay $107,000 in EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
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Companies settle federal suit alleging they refused to provide sign language interpreter and revoked job offer
DETROIT - ALM Freight, LLC, an Amazon delivery service company, agreed to pay $47,000 and LMDmax Corp., ALM's employment agency, agreed to pay $60,000 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 lawsuit, a deaf applicant was offered a driver position with ALM in November 2022. She accepted the position and worked with LMDmax to complete the onboarding process. When she requested an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for her first day of orientation, LMDmax responded with a text message stating that ALM does not provide interpreters and would not proceed with her hiring. ALM knew of the request and approved of LMDmax's response, according to the suit.
"We appreciate ALM and LMDmax's willingness to enter into an early resolution of this case that appropriately compensates the applicant," said Kenneth Bird, regional attorney for the EEOC's Indianapolis District Office. "The EEOC will continue to vigorously enforce federal disability discrimination law so employers and employment agencies recognize their obligations when onboarding new hires with disabilities."
The alleged conduct violated the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination based on disability, and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals, unless doing so would cause an undue hardship. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. ALM Freight, LLC, and LMDmax Corp., Case No. 2:25-cv-13655) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.
In addition to providing $107,000 in damages to the applicant, the two-year consent decrees entered against ALM and LMDmax, separately, require the companies to submit annual reports to the EEOC regarding disability-related requests for accommodations and provide training on disability discrimination with special emphasis on reasonable accommodation requests. LMDmax must also provide the training to all employees of an affiliated company in India used to onboard new hires in the United States.
For more information on disability discrimination, please visit https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc-disability-related-resources.
The EEOC's Indianapolis District Office has jurisdiction over Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky and parts of Ohio.
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/alm-freight-and-lmdmax-pay-107000-eeoc-disability-discrimination-lawsuit
