China's top court rejects 'normal profit' argument over illegal gains
By MLex Staff ( July 14, 2026, 08:19 GMT | Insight) -- China's top court has upheld antitrust penalties against a ready-mixed concrete producer, rejecting its argument that only so-called "excess profits" should be confiscated as illegal gains. The judgment also addresses coercion as a mitigating factor, attribution of an executive's conduct to the company and the use of criminal-investigation materials in antitrust proceedings.China's top court has rejected a concrete producer's argument over how antitrust illegal gains should be calculated, ruling that companies cannot limit confiscation to so-called "excess profits."...
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