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Advertising FAQ's: A Guide for Small Business
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What truth-in-advertising rules apply to advertisers? Under the Federal Trade Commission Act: Advertising must be truthful and non-deceptive; Advertisers must have evidence to back up their claims...
Chicago-Area Funeral Home Violated 1992 FTC Order
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The Federal Trade Commission announced today that a Hinsdale, Illinois funeral home and its owner pled guilty to criminal contempt charges for violating a 1992 agreement with the FTC. Edward Olenec...
Opinion 99-1
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Discusses whether an alternative General Price List may be used for certain religious groups.
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Philadelphia-area Funeral Home to Pay $11,000 Civil Penalty To Settle FTC Charges of Funeral Rule Violation
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Robert L. D'Anjolell Memorial Home, P.C., and its officers, Robert L. D'Anjolell, Sr., Anthony Romano, and Robert L. D'Anjolell, Jr., have agreed to pay an $11,000 civil penalty as settlement of...
FTC Announces Results of Inspection of Funeral Homes in Michigan Area for Compliance with Consumer Protection Law
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The Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a sweep of 42 funeral homes in the Detroit, Grand Rapids and Lansing areas. Seven of those homes appeared to be in violation of the FTC's...
Opinion 98-1
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Discusses applicability of Louisiana law to the Funeral Rule, and the retail sale of caskets.
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Opinion 98-1
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FTC Announces Results of Largest Statewide Inspection of Funeral Homes in Iowa for Compliance with Consumer Protection Law
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As part of an ongoing nationwide law enforcement program, the Federal Trade Commission and the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Iowa today announced the results of the largest statewide...
FTC Announces Results of Inspection of Sixty-Seven Philadelphia Funeral Homes for Compliance with Consumer Protection Law
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As part of an ongoing nationwide law enforcement program to identify funeral homes that fail to comply with the Funeral Rule, the Federal Trade Commission today announced the results of a sweep of...
Opinion 97-6
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Discusses whether a fee may be charged for required identification viewing, and the applicability of the Funeral Rule to mandatory identification viewing.
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Opinion 97-6
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Opinion 97-5
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Discusses under what circumstances funeral providers may offer discounts for casket purchases.
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Opinion 97-5
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Opinion 97-3
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Discusses whether alternative General Price Lists can be used for certain groups; whether funeral providers may charge translator fees; and whether the General Price List must be in English.
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Opinion 97-3
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Opinion 97-4
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Discusses Funeral Rule's requirements for itemization of charges, disclosure of service charges, and whether a private right of action exists under the Rule.
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Opinion 97-4
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Opinion 97-2
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Advises that the funeral rule does not permit a funeral provider to require a family’spresence for delivery of a casket purchased from a third-party casket seller.
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Opinion 97-2
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Opinion 97-1
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Opines that funeral provider’s refusal to accept delivery of a casket purchased from a third-party casket seller would violate the funeral rule.
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Opinion 97-1
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Companies that Provide Funeral Goods and Services Agree To Pay Civil Penalties To Settle Federal Rule Violations
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In the first case to be brought against a nontraditional funeral provider -- a company that sells some combination of funeral goods (typically caskets and burial vaults) and funeral services directly...
Dallas Funeral Homes To Pay $121,600 for Violating FTC's Funeral Rule
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Restland Funeral Homes, Inc. of Dallas and four of its subsidiary funeral homes will pay a $121,600 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to provide customers with...
FTC and Massachuesetts AG Announce Ten Funeral Home in Massachusetts are in Violation of Federal Rule
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The largest funeral home "sweep" in the country has just been completed in Massachusetts. Using test shoppers, the Federal Trade Commission and the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office visited...
Maryland Funeral Home Agrees To Pay Civil Penalty To Settle FTC Charges of Not Complying with Funeral Rule
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W.W. Chambers Co., Inc., a Maryland-based funeral home operator, and its principals have paid a $10,000 civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations that they failed to provide...
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