Today, the US Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against farming equipment manufacturer Deere & Company—makers of the iconic green John Deere tractors, harvesters, and mowers—citing its ...

The case of FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, STATE OF ILLINOIS, and STATE OF MINNESOTA, v. DEERE & COMPANY relates to the machinery manufacturer’s use of DRM to restrict the repair of its products ...

John Deere’s “unfair” practices raised repair costs for farmers and kept them from being able to make repairs on tractors and other equipment they own, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC ...

The FTC suit highlights the Service Advisor and Customer Service Advisor issue as a key example, alleging that Deere uses these tools to "maintain a 100 percent market share and charge ...

The FTC argues that for users ... that the agency still lacked basic information about the industry and John Deere’s business practices and confirmed that the agency was instead relying on ...

An attorney with deep experience litigating antitrust and monopoly lawsuits and a Washington D.C. lobbyist and the grandson of legendary inventor and former John Deere board member Theo Brown ...

For years John Deere has made it hard for farmers to fix their equipment. Today the Federal Trade Commission announced it’s going to sue to try to stop them. The FTC and the Attorneys General of ...

The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general in Minnesota and Illinois on Wednesday sued farm equipment giant John Deere, accusing it of unlawfully limiting farmers’ ability to repair ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday sued farm equipment maker Deere & Co., alleging it illegally drives up repair costs by forcing farmers to rely on its authorized John Deere dealer ...

CHICAGO (CN) — John Deere is facing a new federal antitrust lawsuit over its equipment repair practices as of Wednesday, this one filed by an arm of the federal government itself. The Federal Trade ...