Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved an application by Service Corporation International (SCI) to divest a funeral home in Auburn, California, as required under the FTC’s May 2014 order settling charges that SCI’s acquisition of Stewart Enterprises, Inc. would be anticompetitive. This is the last of the 53 funeral homes […]
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FTC Order Preserves Competition That Would Have Been Eliminated by SCI’s Acquisition of Keystone North America Inc.
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 competition is preserved following its acquisition of Keystone North America Inc., the Federal Trade Commission announced today. The consent order detailing the requirements resolves the […]
FTC Order Preserves Competition Lost Through SCI’s Acquisition of Palm Mortuary
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 Vegas to complete its proposed acquisition of local rival Palm Mortuary, Inc. (Palm), the Federal Trade Commission announced today. The consent order detailing the requirements resolves […]