DOJ Settles First FCA Claims Under Civil Rights Fraud Initiative and Signals Heightened Enforcement Against Corporate DEI Programs

On April 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that IBM agreed to pay more than $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to comply with anti-discrimination requirements as a federal contractor and by seeking costs relating to practices that the United States contends discriminated against IBM employees and applicants.... By: Lowenstein Sandler LLP