Â鶹´«Ã½ Register Notice
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension (Funeral Rule)
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FTC Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in 11 States Test Prompt Compliance with Funeral Rule Disclosure Requirements
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission investigators, working undercover in 11 states, found failures to disclose pricing information required by the FTC’s Funeral Rule in 29 of the 134 funeral homes they visited...
Â鶹´«Ã½ Register Notice
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Extension (Funeral Rule)
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FTC Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Nine States Prompt Compliance with Funeral Rule Disclosure Requirements
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission investigators working undercover in nine states found failures to disclose pricing information to consumers, as required by the FTC’s Funeral Rule, in 31 of the 133 funeral...
Opinion 16-2
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Provides compliance guidance to funeral directors prohibited by D.C. law from removals to a funeral home until a death from natural causes is pronounced by a physician.
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Opinion 16-2
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Funeral Home Settles FTC Charges it Violated Funeral Rule
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A Montgomery, Alabama, funeral home has agreed to settle FTC charges that it violated the Funeral Rule. The Rule requires funeral providers to give consumers pricing and other important information...
Ross-Clayton Funeral Home, Inc., David C. Ross, Jr., and Eleanor Lewis Dawkins
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Â鶹´«Ã½
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
132 3128
X140007
Opinion 16-1
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Confirms Opinion 15-1 requirement that Casket Price List must be provided before consumers view caskets, and addresses how funeral provider locations in storefronts, malls and mall kiosks may comply.
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Opinion 16-1
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American Dream Nutrition, LLC (PhytoZon dietary supplement)
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By
Mary K. Engle, Associate Director
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Text of the Letter
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FTC Staff Provides Comments to Pennsylvania General Assembly on Proposals Affecting Pre-Need Cemetery Sales
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Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission staff has submitted a comment to Pennsylvania State Representative Robert W. Godshall in response to his request for the FTC’s views on legislative proposals that would...
Opinion 15-1
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Addresses why placing a consumer in the casket display room to wait to speak with a funeral director violates the funeral rule unless the consumer first has been shown a casket price list.
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Opinion 15-1
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Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Six States Prompt Compliance with Funeral Rule Disclosure Requirements
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FTC’s Funeral Rule requires funeral homes to provide price lists to consumers
Funeral Home Settles FTC Charges It Violated the Funeral Rule
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An Ohio funeral home operator has agreed to pay a civil penalty to settle Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission charges for violating the agency’s Funeral Rule, which requires funeral providers to provide...
FTC Approves SCI’s Application to Divest Funeral Home in Auburn, California
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Following a public comment period, the Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission has approved an application by Service Corporation International (SCI) to divest a funeral home in Auburn, California, as required under...
Service Corporation International and Stewart Enterprises, Inc., In the Matter of
Service Corporation International (SCI), the nation’s largest provider of funeral and cemetery services,agreed to sell 53 funeral homes and 38 cemeteries to resolve FTC charges that its proposed $1.4 billion acquisition of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. (Stewart) is likely to substantially lessen competition in 59 communities throughout the United States. The FTC complaint alleges the deal as proposed would eliminate direct competition between the two firms. The FTC charges that the proposed deal would enable the merged firm unilaterally to raise prices charged to consumers in these local markets and would substantially increase the risk of collusion between SCI and the few remaining competitors in the affected local areas. The proposed order settling the FTC’s charges requires SCI and Stewart to sell the 53 funeral homes and 38 cemeteries to Commission-approved buyers within 180 days, and also requires SCI and Stewart to sell certain related assets and property needed to ensure that the buyers will be able to fully replicate the competition that would have been lost if the transaction were completed as proposed.
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Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
131 0163
FTC Requests Public Comments on SCI’s Application to Approve Sale of Cemetery Assets in Maryland to Parkwood Memorial Association, Inc.
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Service Corporation International (SCI) to sell certain funeral and cemetery assets, as required under the FTC...
FTC Issues Updated Consumer Information About Funeral Planning
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, has revised two brochures to help consumers make funeral choices, either in advance or at a time of need. Paying Final Respects...
FTC Requests Public Comments on SCI’s Application to Approve Sale of Funeral Assets in Kansas, Missouri, and Texas to Signature Funeral and Cemetery Investments
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The Â鶹´«Ã½ Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by Service Corporation International (SCI) to sell certain funeral and cemetery assets, as required under the FTC...
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