News Summary

• IBM has become the first company to settle with the US government under the Trump administration's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.
• The initiative is aimed at ensuring diversity programs don't cross a line and result in discrimination.
• IBM will pay $17,077,043 "to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to comply with anti-discrimination requirements in its federal contracts" The feds allege IBM pursued illegal DEI in three ways: A settlement document reveals IBM did not admit liability for the allegations, but assisted the feds with their inquiries.