If the Canadian government passes its new budget implementation bill, it will transform almost every major component of the country's competition law.

The US Department of Justice has agreed to release additional amnesty agreements under the federal Freedom of Information Act, following the settlement of a lawsuit with Stolt-Nielsen last week.

European Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva said yesterday that while competition policy undoubtedly benefits European consumers, it cannot address all consumer welfare problems alone.

David Saunders, a former head of consumer and competition policy at the UK's Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, has been named chief executive of the Competition Commission.

The US Department of Justice has agreed to release 100 amnesty letters the antitrust division has agreed to over the past 15 years. The decision will settle a federal Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the transportation wing of Norwegian shipping company Stolt-Nielsen.

President Barack Obama has chosen Hogan & Hartson LLP partner and former Federal Trade Commissioner Christine Varney to lead antitrust enforcement at the US Department of Justice.