Opinion 10-1
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Addresses third-party casket delivery restrictions by funeral providers that unreasonably burden consumer choice.
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FTC Order Preserves Competition That Would Have Been Eliminated by SCI's Acquisition of Keystone North America Inc.
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Service Corporation International (SCI), the nation’s largest provider of funeral and cemetery services, will be required to sell 22 funeral homes and four cemeteries in 19 local markets to ensure...
Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Nine States and Washington, D.C. Press Funeral Homes to Comply with Consumer Protection Law
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Investigators working undercover in nine states and the District of Columbia found significant violations of Federal Trade Commission consumer protection rules at 52 of 175 funeral homes they visited...
FTC Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Fuel Rating Rule; FTC Approves SCI Corporation International Petition to Divest Cemetery and Related Funeral Home to Legacy Funeral Holdings
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FTC Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Amendments to the Fuel Rating Rule The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comments on proposed changes to its Rule for Automotive Fuel Ratings...
Service Corporation International, In the Matter of
The Commission challenged Service Corporation International's (SCI) proposed acquisition of local rival Palm Mortuary, Inc. At the time of the acquisition, SCI, the nation’s largest cemetery operator, was the third-largest provider of cemetery services in Las Vegas, Nevada, and after the acquisition of Palm, would have controlled 76 percent of hte market for funeral services, which includes burial plots, opening and closing of graves, memorials, burial vaults, mausoleum spaces, and cemetery maintenance. The Commission's order required SCI to sell its cemetery and funeral home in Las Vegas to complete the acquisition of Palm.
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Administrative
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FTC Matter/File Number
091 0138
Docket Number
C-4275
FTC Order Preserves Competition Lost Through SCI's Acquisition of Palm Mortuary
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Service Corporation International (SCI), the nation’s largest cemetery operator and the third-largest provider of cemetery services in Las Vegas, Nevada, must sell a cemetery and funeral home in Las...
Opinion 09-7
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Considers funeral provider liability for claims that a vault or casket is "waterproof."
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Opinion 09-6
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Addresses whether a funeral provider may include a reduced basic services fee in its prices for direct cremation, immediate burial and forwarding and receiving remains.
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Opinion 09-6
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Opinion 09-5
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Confirms that cemeteries generally are not covered by the Funeral Rule unless they offer both funeral services and funeral goods.
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Opinion 09-5
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Opinion 09-3
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Clarifies that Opinion 09-1 is limited to the issues discussed in that opinion.
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Opinion 09-3
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Opinion 09-4
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Discusses the circumstances under which funeral providers should include the overhead cost of the use of a vehicle to obtain death certificates and permits in their basic services fee.
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Opinion 09-4
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Undercover Inspections of Funeral Homes in Seven States Ensure that Consumers Receive Price Lists Required by Law
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Federal investigators working undercover in seven states during 2008 found significant violations of the Funeral Rule at 26 of 104 funeral homes visited. The Federal Trade Commission, which enforces...
Opinion 09-2
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Confirms that funeral providers must provide accurate price information by telephone to anyone who inquires about offerings or prices, including a business that will use the information for its own...
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Opinion 09-2
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Opinion 09-1
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Discusses whether funeral providers may offer discount packages conditioned on the purchase of a casket, and whether such packages may discount the basic services fee.
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Opinion 09-1
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Opinion 08-1
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Confirms that crematories that offer funeral goods are covered by the Funeral Rule.
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Opinion 08-1
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Missouri Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, In the Matter of
Under the terms of the proposed consent order, the Missouri Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors agreed to settle charges that it deterred competitive entry in the retail sale of caskets by adopting a rule that only licensed funeral directors could sell caskets to consumers on an at-need basis. Under the proposed settlement, the Board is required to communicate to the public that it is not necessary to obtain a license from the Board to offer for retail sale caskets and other funeral merchandise to customers in Missouri.
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Administrative
Last Updated
FTC Matter/File Number
061 0026
FTC Approves Federal Register Notice on Funeral Rule
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The Federal Trade Commission has approved the publication of a Federal Register notice closing the regulatory review of the Trade Regulation Review on Funeral Industry Practices (the Funeral Rule) and...
Commission Announces Issuance of Information Requests to Generic and Authorized Generic Drug Companies; FTC Approves Proposed Divestiture in Matter of SCI and Alderwoods Group; Commission Approves Proposed Divestiture in Matter of Kyphon, Inc.
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Commission issuance of information requests: The Commission has issued information requests to generic and authorized generic drug manufacturers and marketers as part of its ongoing study of the short...
Undercover Funeral Home Inspections in Nine States Yield Mixed Results; FTC Reminds Providers They Must Give Price Lists to Consumers
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced that in 2007, law enforcement sweeps of 174 funeral homes in nine states found significant violations of the FTC’s Funeral Rule at 26 funeral homes and...
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