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US DOJ’s closed criminal concrete probe isn’t end of antitrust scrutiny

By Alex Wilts and Chris May ( November 12, 2025, 23:20 GMT | Comment) -- The US Department of Justice has closed its grand jury probe into the concrete and cement additives industry — one of the few recent public investigations by the Antitrust Division of multi-jurisdictional cartel conduct that was coordinated with international enforcers. The criminal inquiry’s end raises questions about the rationale for its termination and whether there is a chance the division may later look to pursue civil claims — which benefit from a lower standard of proof than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” bar for criminal claims.The US Department of Justice has closed its grand jury probe into the concrete and cement additives industry — one of the few recent public investigations by the Antitrust Division of multi-jurisdictional cartel conduct that was coordinated with international enforcers....

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