IBM pays $17M to settle DEI-related False Claims Act case under Trump-era initiative
IBM agreed to pay $17,077,043 to resolve DOJ allegations that its DEI policies violated federal anti-discrimination requirements in government contracts, with claims it certified compliance while using race/sex-based targets and altering interview criteria; IBM denies the conduct and says it ended the programs, and the settlement marks the first under the Trump administration’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.