Forest Hill Cemetery Trial Ends in Mistrial, 50 Hours of Deliberation
A mistrial was declared Monday in the embezzlement case against Mark Singer after nine days of jury deliberations failed to produce a verdict. At about midday, jurors reported...
Digital Death: Entrustet Founders Execute North America?s First Wills That Incorporate Digital Assets
On of the great people I have the pleasure of meeting at DIgital Death Day was Nate Lustig, founder of Entrustet, a free and secure online service that...
Shine On Brightly Announces New Products
Shine On Brightly, the premiere online gallery for memorial art at www.shineonbrightly.com, welcomes new works to the already outstanding collection of cremation urns, memorial jewelry, handmade books, memorial...
Mix-Up Led To Wrong Baby Being Cremated, Lack of Procedure…UPDATED
Last month I listened to a great presentation from Mike Nicodemus titled "Cremation Litigation". Mike talked about cremation procedures and how to avoid legal situations by following simple...
June 1 Enforcement Date Looming for FTC Red Flag Rules
After several delays and postponements, enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission?s Red Flags Rule is slated to begin June 1. The regulation would require all businesses that fall...
Funeral Compensation Survey – Now Available
Funeral Service Insider's annual compensation survey is now open. Every year, funeral service professionals eagerly look forward to the results of the survey, which is open to funeral...
Digital Death Day, Huge Opportunity For Funeral Industry
As many of you know last week I had the privilege of co-hosting the first ever "Digital Death Day" un-conference in Mountain View, California. One of the attendees...
Will Baby Boomers Help or Hurt Funeral Industry?
At the Cannes Film Festival recently, director Woody Allen said about death, "I'm strongly against it." No doubt he was serious, but the former stand-up comedian was also...
Moving Forward, Together: NFDA Leadership Conference Builds Better Associations for a Brighter Future
The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is now accepting registrations for its 2010 Leadership Conference, July 11-14. Hosted at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort in Cambridge, Md.,...
How Are You Using Social Media to Benefit Your Funeral Home?
Tiffany Stewart is currently a graduate student at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas and expects to complete a Masters in Counseling in 2011. Her areas of...