1. Home
  2. |Insights
  3. |Corporate Compliance Program Guidance Article and Breakfast Series

Corporate Compliance Program Guidance Article and Breakfast Series

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.20.19

Partners David Robbins and Peter Eyre published an article in National Defense magazine on complying with the new Justice Department Guidance concerning ethics and compliance programs. Eyre, Robbins, and Pat Harned of Ethics & Compliance Initiative will further discuss this guidance and the current state of ethics and compliance at a Crowell & Moring breakfast series event at 8:30am on June 25 at the Tysons Corner Marriott Hotel. Register here.

Contacts

Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.14.26

DOJ’s False Claims Act Resolution Against IBM Signals Heightened Risk for Federal Contractors with DEI Programs

On Friday, April 10, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has agreed to pay just over $17 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by failing to comply with federal anti-discrimination requirements incorporated into its federal contracts due to allegedly discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) employment practices. This resolution marks the first FCA settlement secured by the DOJ under its Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, created in May 2025, and announced by then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as part of the administration’s coordinated efforts to target allegedly unlawful DEI practices. Per the agreement, the settlement is neither an admission of liability by IBM nor a concession by the United States that its claims are not well founded....