tl;dr: The FTC and five state attorneys general reached a right-to-repair settlement with John Deere, requiring the company to make diagnostic and repair tools available to equipment owners and independent shops rather than restricting them to authorized dealers. Deere must pay $1 million to the states, face 10 years of compliance oversight, and cannot retaliate against those who bypass its dealer network. This follows a separate $99 million class-action settlement Deere reached with farmers in April.