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  2. Government warns funeral homes to stop misleading bereaved ...

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    Funeral homes have to follow the FTC’s “Funeral Rule,” which provides bereaved consumers rights during the process and holds the business to strict requirements. One of the caveats is that ...

  3. Funeral Rule - Wikipedia

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    The Funeral Rule, enacted by the Federal Trade Commission on April 30, 1984, and amended effective 1994, is a U.S. federal regulation designed to protect consumers by requiring that they receive adequate information concerning the goods and services they may purchase from a funeral provider.

  4. Why don’t we trust funeral directors? Transparency and ...

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    Secret shopper data collected by the FTC from 2018-2023, albeit of small sample sizes, showed that anywhere from 15-19% of funeral homes were violating the rule by not sharing the full price list.

  5. One in four funeral homes not playing by the rules - AOL

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    Death is hard enough to deal with without the added insult of being taken advantage of by a funeral home. The Federal Trade Commission recently sent undercover inspectors into 104 funeral homes in ...

  6. Federal Trade Commission - Wikipedia

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    In 1984, [10] [non-primary source needed] the FTC began to regulate the funeral home industry in order to protect consumers from deceptive practices. The FTC Funeral Rule requires funeral homes to provide all customers (and potential customers) with a General Price List (GPL), specifically outlining goods and services in the funeral industry, as defined by the FTC, and a listing of their prices.

  7. Service Corporation International - Wikipedia

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    Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5] [6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]

  8. How a decades-old law led to death doulas' lawsuit against ...

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    Death doulas want to help the dying — can the California funeral bureau stop them?

  9. Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries - Wikipedia

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    Eaton opened the first mortuary (funeral home) on dedicated cemetery grounds after a battle with established funeral directors, who saw the "combination" operation as a threat. He remained as general manager until his death in 1966, when he was succeeded by his nephew, Frederick Llewellyn.