The U.S. Department of Justice has finally closed its case against a group of egg producers accused of manipulating benchmark prices, with the settlement reportedly involving the industry’s largest player, Cal‑Maine. While the company’s investors largely brushed off the agreement as a routine legal settlement, the fact that the DOJ pursued the case at all signals a growing willingness to police price‑fixing even in seemingly low‑profile commodity markets.

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