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Deere & Company Repair Services Antitrust Litigation

  1. January 13, 2025

    Judge In John Deere Antitrust Case Flags Potential Conflict

    The Illinois federal judge overseeing a proposed right-to-repair class action against John Deere told the parties on Monday that he is facing a potential conflict of interest after finding the name of a "good friend" in documents connected to the case.

  2. October 18, 2024

    FTC Probing John Deere Over Right-To-Repair Policies

    The Federal Trade Commission is investigating concerns that John Deere unlawfully restricts the repair of its farm equipment, as the company continues to face private litigation over its right-to-repair policies.

  3. November 27, 2023

    John Deere Can't Avoid Trial In Right-To-Repair Monopoly Suit

    John Deere must face a proposed class action alleging that it limits competition for farm equipment repairs by preventing unaffiliated repair shops from acquiring necessary tools, an Illinois federal judge ruled Monday, saying the proposed class has sufficiently shown that it exercises monopoly power.

  4. November 22, 2023

    John Deere Says Tesla Ruling Backs Repair Case Dismissal

    John Deere is wasting no time in pointing to Tesla's recent win in a right-to-repair monopoly case as backing its own right-to-repair defense, asking an Illinois federal judge to consider the Tesla ruling when deciding its suit.

  5. July 20, 2023

    Judge Questions Peers For Soliciting Junior Atty Arguments

    An Illinois federal judge expressed doubt about whether some of his bench colleagues should be putting their thumb on the scale to encourage argument from junior attorneys in cases before them, suggesting the practice interferes with attorney-client relationships.

  6. June 07, 2023

    John Deere Calls Farmers' Docs Request Overbroad

    John Deere is asking an Illinois federal court to deny a bid by farmers to get documents related to the company's repair procedures in a lawsuit alleging it doesn't allow independent shops to perform fixes on its tractors, saying the requests are too broad and would present a "massive" burden on the manufacturer.

  7. May 15, 2023

    Farmers Want Deere To Turn Over Right-To-Repair Docs

    A group of farmers and tractor owners is urging an Illinois federal judge to make John Deere turn over documents relating to its tractors' computer systems, saying the documents are central to their suit's right-to-repair claims, and this outweighs John Deere's claims that they are a burden to produce.

  8. March 01, 2023

    John Deere Says Gov't's View In Repair Suit Misses Mark

    John Deere contended that it would have to deceive customers for a court to find that it violated antitrust law by restricting aftermarket repairs, pushing back against the government's view in a proposed class action from equipment buyers.

  9. February 22, 2023

    John Deere Tries To Sink Right-To-Repair Suit

    In an attempt to nix a right-to-repair lawsuit, John Deere told an Illinois federal court that a proposed class action from a group of customers has "fundamental legal defects" and fails to provide examples of how the company concealed its repair policies and misled consumers.

  10. February 14, 2023

    DOJ Backs Farmers In John Deere Right To Repair Suit

    The U.S. Department of Justice is not a fan of John Deere's argument that a court has to find that the tractor maker surprised or deceived its customers in order to say its restriction of aftermarket repairs was anticompetitive, and it just told an Illinois federal court as much.