Accenture Settles Government Allegations Over DEI for $25 Million September 16, 2026 By Kanishka Singh IT consulting firm Accenture will pay $25 million to settle U.S. government allegations over diversity practices, which President Donald Trump’s...
Nike Faces Investor Challenge Over Gender-Transition Surgery for Minors September 10, 2026 By Jeff Green A group of conservative investors is pressing companies to stop covering gender-transition surgery for minors in employee health plans, and...
Florida AG Rejects Meta Settlement but Takes $1.2M From Deloitte Over DEI August 28, 2026 Florida’s attorney general this week rejected the $18 billion settlement with Meta, calling it too soft on the social media...
DOJ to Challenge Dismissal of Harvard Civil Rights Suit August 28, 2026 By Chris Dolmetsch The Trump administration told a federal judge it will challenge the dismissal of its lawsuit against Harvard University alleging that...
Deloitte to Pay $21.5 Million to Settle US Probe Over DEI August 25, 2026 By Kanishka Singh Accounting firm Deloitte will pay $21.5 million to settle a U.S. Department of Justice probe over diversity, equity and inclusion...
EEOC Says Nike Complied With Subpoena, Drops Lawsuit August 14, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner The U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination has dropped a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena in an...
Almost All Top US Companies Had Board Diversity Rules. Now Most Are Gone August 14, 2026 By Jeff Green and Daniela Sirtori Three years ago, nearly every major US company explicitly considered diversity when choosing new directors. Now, most don’t. In all,...
Trump’s Diversity Crackdown Reverberates Through US Boardrooms July 28, 2026 By Ross Kerber, Bianca Flowers and Simon Jessop As U.S. President Donald Trump intensifies his campaign against diversity programs, appointments of women and racial minorities to S&P 500...
Google Ordered to Defend Robby Starbuck’s AI Defamation Suit July 27, 2026 By Mike Leonard Alphabet Inc.’s Google LLC lost its bid Friday to escape a court case dangling the specter of legal liability for...
New York Times Countersues EEOC Over DEI Lawsuit July 13, 2026 By Daniel Wiessner The New York Times in a court filing on Friday accused the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of illegally retaliating...