Federal Trade Commission et al v. Deere & Company

  1. July 07, 2025

    Deere & Co. Needn't Give More Financial Docs In Repair Suit

    An Illinois federal judge overseeing twin cases alleging Deere & Co. is violating the Sherman Antitrust Act through its control of repair tools decided Monday not to force the company to produce its dealer financial analysis documents, saying any relevant information in them has already been produced elsewhere in the cases.

  2. July 02, 2025

    Ill. Judge Asks Deere Rivals To Stop Pestering Court Staff

    The judge overseeing the FTC's antitrust enforcement action against farm machinery maker Deere & Co. has penned a light-hearted order calling out another judge and asking equipment manufacturers to stop calling his staff to ask for advice.

  3. June 10, 2025

    Deere & Co. Must Face FTC Suit Over Repair Restrictions

    An Illinois federal judge compared John Deere's second attempt at beating a right-to-repair suit to Steve Martin's Pink Panther II reboot, calling it "predictable" and "derivative" as he again rejected the farm equipment giant's motion for judgment on the pleadings and allowed the Federal Trade Commission's case against it to proceed.

  4. May 29, 2025

    Deere Says No Monopoly, Seeks End Of Right-To-Repair Suit

    Deere & Co. is pushing to end a suit from the Federal Trade Commission and five states alleging it violated the Sherman Act by restricting access to its repair tools and services, saying it doesn't participate in the repair market so it can't have a monopoly.

  5. April 29, 2025

    FTC Defends John Deere Right-To-Repair Suit

    Farm machinery-maker Deere & Co. is trying to get out of an FTC enforcement action using the same arguments that didn't help it escape multidistrict litigation accusing the company of breaking antitrust laws by restricting access to repair services, the government says.

  6. March 18, 2025

    Deere & Co. Attacks FTC's Right-To-Repair Suit As 'Vague'

    Farm machinery manufacturer Deere & Co. is asking an Illinois federal court to nix the Federal Trade Commission's right-to-repair suit, arguing that the company doesn't operate in or exclude others from the equipment repair market, and that the FTC lacks the constitutional authority to sue, among other failings.

  7. February 07, 2025

    John Deere Tractor Rivals Seek Info Safeguards In FTC Case

    A trio of tractor manufacturers asked an Illinois federal judge Friday to impose stringent safeguards for sensitive business information they turned over to the Federal Trade Commission in the run-up to its right-to-repair lawsuit against their "primary competitor," John Deere.

  8. January 15, 2025

    FTC Brings Right-To-Repair Suit Against John Deere

    The Federal Trade Commission slapped John Deere with a repair monopoly lawsuit in Illinois federal court Wednesday, adding to proposed class actions alleging the company illegally withholds access to needed repair tools from farmers, even in the face of mounting public pressure.