“The way Randall Dill tells it, he was a ‘model employee’ for IBM, nurturing relationships with the Pentagon and other big spenders. Then came the diversity targets, and the Michigander was kicked out of the computing giant so it could hire more women and minorities, he says.”

“In doing so, IBM violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act, said Dill’s lawyer, Gene Hamilton, a director at America First Legal (AFL).”

The way Randall Dill tells it, he was a ‘model employee’ for IBM, nurturing relationships with the Pentagon and other big spenders. Then came the diversity targets, and the Michigander was kicked out of the computing giant so it could hire more women and minorities, he says.”

“A federal judge in Michigan on Wednesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing IBM of forcing out a white male consultant in order to further its goals of building a more diverse workforce.

“Andrew Block of America First Legal, the conservative group representing Dill, said: ‘We look forward to continuing to litigate this case and fight for justice on behalf of our client.’

“America First Legal was founded by Stephen Miller, a top adviser to Republican President Donald Trump, and has filed a series of lawsuits and complaints claiming companies’ diversity policies are unlawful. In one of those cases, a federal judge in Los Angeles last year rejected CBS’ motion to dismiss a white screenwriter’s claims that the network’s diversity efforts led it to deny him a staff position on the show ‘SEAL Team.'”

IBM has agreed to resolve a white male ex-consultant's bias claims that he was fired so that the company could hire women and people of color to fulfill workforce diversity quotas, according to a filing in Michigan federal court Monday.

The judge found Dill put forward enough detail to support a "reverse discrimination" case — when a man says he has faced gender bias, or a white person says they've faced racial bias — by showing he may have been mistreated for being a part of the "majority."

Dill is represented by Andrew J. Block, Ryan T. Giannetti and Laura M. Stell of America First Legal Foundation and Christopher S. Berry of Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge.