{
  "id": 3491930,
  "title": "Trump’s tough stance on DEI costs Big Four giant Deloitte millions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/trumps-tough-stance-on-dei-costs-big-four-giant-deloitte-millions",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-26T10:26:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "City AM",
    "slug": "city-am",
    "url": "https://www.cityam.com/trumps-tough-stance-on-dei-costs-big-four-giant-deloitte-millions/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The American Alliance for Equal Rights reported consulting firm Deloitte to the US government under whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, prompting a $21.5 million settlement to resolve allegations of violating federal equal opportunity requirements. The Trump administration's crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices targeted several major US law firms, including Deloitte, but Deloitte resolved the claims without an official determination of liability.",
  "summary": "Deloitte has agreed to pay the US government $21.5m to settle allegations that it violated federal ‘equal opportunity’ requirements in its contracts, as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The US Justice Department claimed that from 2017 to the present, the Big Four giant had falsely said it had complied [...]",
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    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Deloitte to pay $21.5 million to settle Trump administration's DEI investigation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/deloitte-to-pay-21-5-million-to-settle-trump-administrations-dei",
        "published": "2026-08-26T01:35:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}