The FTC has secured a settlement in an antitrust lawsuit against farm equipment manufacturer Deere & Company (Deere) now allowing farmers the right to repair their own John Deere tractors and farm equipment. The settlement resolves the FTC and five states joint lawsuit against Deere, filed in January 2025, which alleged that Deere used unlawful…

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New York AG James has announced her office is suing some of the nation’s largest chemical and agricultural companies including 3M Company (3M), EIDP, Inc (EIDP), The Chemours Company, Inc. (Chemours), Corteva, Inc. (Corteva), and DuPont De Nemours, Inc. (DuPont). The suit claims that these companies have contributed to decades of toxic polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also…

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Iowa AG Brenna Bird has announced that her office has sued the e-commerce marketplace Temu for violations of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act. The suit alleges that Temu advertises itself as an e-commerce platform offering low cost goods to consumers but the promise of savings can allow the platform to harvest data of consumers. The…

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Michigan AG Dana Nessel secured a settlement with Monsanto Company, Solutia Inc., and Pharmacia LLC to resolve allegations that the companies’ PCB-containing products caused environmental contamination in Michigan. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, are toxic chemicals that build up in natural resources and are now banned for sale and manufacture in the U.S. Michigan alleged that…

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Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond sued Temu and related entities for allegedly violating the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act through undisclosed data collection and deceptive retail practices. In the petition, the AG’s office alleges that the Temu app collects sensitive user data beyond what is necessary and without adequate disclosure or meaningful consumer consent, and uses evasion…

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