Legislative Updates
City of Savannah Wants Funeral Home Ads Removed
Advertising posted along a road that winds around the historic Bonaventure Cemetery to Greenwich Cemetery will have to be removed,...
Read moreDetailsFuneral Director Involved in Body Parts Ring, Denied Parole
Former Newark mortician Stephen K. Finley, one of several New Jersey funeral directors implicated in a multi-state ring that trafficked...
Read moreDetailsEx-Cemetery Owner Repays $4.2M Stolen From Trusts
The Michigan Attorney General's office says an ex-cemetery owner has repaid $4.2 million in trust funds embezzled from a Grand...
Read moreDetailsHillenbrand (Batesville) Going After Mexican Knockoff Casket Maker
Hillenbrand Inc.?s Batesville unit, the largest U.S. maker of coffins, filed a U.S. trade complaint to stop imports of what...
Read moreDetailsSCI Funeral Director Charged with Corpse Abuse, Case Dismissed
Back in October of 2009 I posted a new article about SCI funeral director James Patton. Mr. Patton was charged...
Read moreDetailsFTC Staff Issues Opinion on Third-party Casket Delivery Issues
Universal Casket Company, which supplies the caskets that are sold by Costco, recently sought guidance from the Federal Trade Commission...
Read moreDetailsBREAKING NEWS: Funeral Consumer Rights Bill Moves Closer to Passage
In a mark-up meeting today, the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection voted to send the "Bereaved Consumer's...
Read moreDetailsNew “Green” Laws Raise Price of Cremation in UK, Could US Be Next?
NEW "green" laws look set to push up the cost of a cremation in Scarborough to more than
Read moreDetailsNew "Green" Laws Raise Price of Cremation in UK, Could US Be Next?
NEW "green" laws look set to push up the cost of a cremation in Scarborough to more than
Read moreDetailsBill: Allow Families to Care For Their Own Dead?
Minnesota - Legislation permits family members to care for their loved ones' bodies. Death, state Rep. Carolyn Laine, said Tuesday...
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