( September 23, 2026, 8:55 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C.— A multinational professional services company and its U.S. and federal government contracting subsidiaries agreed to pay the United States a total of $25 million in an out-of-court settlement to resolve False Claims Act (FCA) and related claims alleging that the company considered race or sex in hiring and promotion decisions, limited career development opportunities based on race or sex and falsely certified compliance with Title VII and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) nondiscrimination requirements in federal contracts....