United States of America v. Deere & Company et al

  1. May 01, 2017

    Monsanto Drops Planting Unit Deal With Deere A Month Ahead Of DOJ Trial

    Monsanto Co. said it would end Deere & Co.'s planned acquisition of its Precision Planting LLC on Monday, just a month before the U.S. Department of Justice's suit to block the deal over concerns that the combination would harm the more than $1 billion market for high-speed precision planting systems was set to go to trial.

  2. April 26, 2017

    Deere, Monsanto Can't Get DOJ Expert Notes In Merger Suit

    Deere & Co. and Monsanto Co. can't get the names of people the U.S. Department of Justice's expert interviewed as part of its suit to block Deere's acquisition of Monsanto's speed-planting business, an Illinois federal judge said Wednesday.

  3. April 21, 2017

    DOJ Says Deere, Monsanto Can't Access Expert's Notes

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday asked an Illinois federal judge to deny Deere & Co. and Monsanto Co.'s request to obtain interview notes from the agency's expert in a lawsuit seeking to block Deere's acquisition of Monsanto's Precision Planting LLC, calling the attempt "unwarranted."

  4. April 05, 2017

    Deere, Monsanto Say Weak Analysis Dooms DOJ Antitrust Suit

    Deere & Co. and Monsanto asked an Illinois federal judge Wednesday to let them out of the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit over Deere's plans to acquire Monsanto's high speed planting equipment business, saying the government hadn't done the economic analysis required to prove a monopoly.

  5. October 13, 2016

    Deere, Monsanto Tell DOJ To Leave Planter Co. Deal Alone

    Deere & Co. and Monsanto Co. pushed back in Illinois federal court Wednesday against the U.S. Department of Justice's allegation that Deere's acquisition of Monsanto's Precision Planting LLC would harm the $1 billion market for high-speed planting systems, arguing that no such market even exists.

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