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• Banking and Financial Institutions Regulatory Law ( June 2005 )
  James R Christie and Ian J Binnie of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

  This past year has been a comparatively quiet period for developments in the regulation of Canada's financial services sector. So it seems appropriate to take a retrospective look at two quite different regulatory stories from the past few years—the fate of bank mergers and the emergence of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (the "FCAC") as an important consumer protection body.

• Changes to Canadian Competition Law ( June 2005 )
  Robert E Kwinter of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

  In addition to a high level of sustained enforcement activity, Canada's competition regime continues to undergo a great deal of change and re-examination.

• Final Rules Implementing Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act for Banks: Customer Identification Procedures ( June 2003 )
  John D. Reveal of Powell Goldstein LLP

  On May 9, the United States Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") and the federal banking agencies released a joint final rule to require certain financial institutions to establish procedures to verify the identity of new accountholders (68 Fed. Reg. 25090, the "Final Rules"). The Final Rules implement section 326 of the USA Patriot Act, and covered institutions must comply with the Rules by October 1, 2003.

• Antitrust Analysis of Bank Mergers: A Survey of Recent Developments ( December 1996 )
  Terry  Calvani of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  In Antitrust Analysis of Bank Mergers: Recent Developments, Terry Calvani and W. Todd Miller reviewed dramatic ch.