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US DOJ criminal antitrust enforcement faces growing restitution challenges

By Chris May ( January 20, 2026, 22:14 GMT | Comment) -- Mounting procedural obstacles for class-action plaintiffs spell trouble for the ability of the US Department of Justice to secure restitution for victims of criminal anticompetitive conduct. A complex incentive structure surrounding the DOJ’s Corporate Leniency Program, resource constraints that largely foreclose the Antitrust Division’s ability to police restitution obligations and dangers associated with the government becoming entangled with the plaintiffs’ bar don’t leave much room for the agency to address the problem, however.Mounting procedural obstacles for plaintiffs in class actions spell trouble for the US Department of Justice's ability to secure restitution for victims of criminal anticompetitive conduct....

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