U.S. agriculture equipment maker Deere & Company has reached a settlement agreement to resolve the multidistrict “right to repair” litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The case is part of broader scrutiny in the U.S. over such practices; regulators and plaintiffs argue that some ?manufacturers limit competition by controlling access to repair tools and ?software. The settlement fund covers eligible plaintiffs who paid Deere’s authorized ?dealers for repairs to large agricultural equipment from January 2018. “This ?settlement ?addresses the issues raised in the 2022 complaint and brings this case to an end with no finding of wrongdoing,” Deere said in a statement.