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A US court rejects John Deere’s bid to halt a major right-to-repair lawsuit, pushing the industry deeper into a growing legal battle.
The investigation into John Deere’s restrictions on customers’ right to repair agricultural equipment was revealed by data analytics company Hargrove & Associates, Inc. (HAI), as it fights a ...
NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing farm equipment maker Deere DE.N over the company's repair policies, according to a filing made public on Thursday. The ...
John Deere is accused of illegally restricting farmers' ability to repair tractors and other equipment in a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission along with two states. Updated January 16 ...
The federal government, Illinois and Minnesota have filed a lawsuit against Deere & Company, arguing unfair practices are driving up repair costs for farmers. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul ...
However, Deere allegedly makes its fully functional repair tools available to only its dealer network, forcing farmers to use Deere dealers for repairs they could and would perform themselves or ...
Illinois' attorney general joined Minnesota and the federal government in suing Deere & Company, alleging that unfair practices have driven up equipment repair costs for farmers.
US FTC Probing Deere Over Customers’ ‘Right to Repair’ Equipment The investigation, authorized on Sept. 2, 2021, focuses on repair restrictions manufacturers place on hardware or software ...
In this Feb. 23, 2018, file photo, John Deere products, including a toy tractor on the sign, ... “Despite increasing public pressure to give farmers the right to repair their own equipment, ...
Federal Trade Commission sues Deere & Co. over right to repair. ... A John Deere combine works on a soybean field seen in an aerial photograph in rural Johnson County on Oct. 17, 2018.
John Deere is attempting to claim that farmers don't actually "own" the equipment they purchase from the company through this shady practice.
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