United States of America v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

  1. May 12, 2021

    Jenner & Block Partner Appointed To Monitor UAW Deal

    A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday granted the government's unopposed motion to appoint Jenner & Block LLP partner Neil Barofsky as an independent monitor to help carry out a consent decree that ended a sprawling probe into the United Auto Workers union.

  2. April 27, 2021

    UAW Reform Group Can't Intervene In $1.5M Fraud Deal

    A Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday that a grassroots membership caucus of the United Auto Workers can't intervene in the union's $1.5 million deal to settle the government's fraud and corruption investigation, finding that the request is untimely and the group doesn't have a tangible legal interest in its enforcement.

  3. April 13, 2021

    Feds Want Jenner & Block Partner To Monitor UAW Deal

    The federal government asked a Michigan federal judge Monday to appoint Jenner & Block LLP partner Neil Barofsky and his legal team, including a Crowell & Moring LLP partner, to monitor a consent decree that ended a corruption and fraud investigation targeting the United Auto Workers union.

  4. February 22, 2021

    UAW Reform Group Challenges $1.5M Deal In Fraud Case

    A grassroots membership caucus of the United Auto Workers pressed a federal judge Monday for permission to weigh in on "key weaknesses" in a $1.5 million deal that ended the federal government's corruption and fraud investigation into the union.

  5. February 01, 2021

    Mich. Judge Approves $1.5M Deal To End UAW Fraud Probe

    A Michigan federal judge approved a consent decree between the United Auto Workers and the federal government that requires the union to pay $1.5 million and submit to an independent monitor for six years, resolving a lengthy corruption and fraud investigation.

  6. December 14, 2020

    UAW Agrees To Independent Monitor, Reforms In DOJ Deal

    The United Auto Workers Union will be overseen by an independent monitor for six years, take steps to overhaul how it elects leaders and pay $1.5 million to the Internal Revenue Service to settle a yearslong corruption and fraud probe, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday.