{"id":148781,"date":"2026-04-14T12:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/?p=148781"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:40:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:40:01","slug":"17-million-ibm-settlement-shows-risks-and-cost-of-dei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/04\/14\/17-million-ibm-settlement-shows-risks-and-cost-of-dei\/","title":{"rendered":"$17 Million: IBM Settlement Shows Risks and Cost of DEI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IBM case is the first to be resolved under the Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, which Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche claims is a means to stop violations of civil rights laws by government contractors and other recipients of federal funds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/953793119\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to 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contractors and other recipients of federal funds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/~\/i\/953793119\/0\/law\/legal-news\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div><a title=\"Add to FaceBook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/2\/953793119\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fbshare20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Like on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/_\/28\/953793119\/law\/legal-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"20\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.feedblitz.com\/i\/fblike20.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Pin it!\" 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