Featured Cases > IFDA: Illinois Funeral Directors Association > IFDA News (Apr-Jun 2009)

Calvert Funeral Homes, et al. v. Robert W. Ninker, et al.

Case No. 09 CH 03624 (Cook County, IL)

News Articles - April - July 2009

Date	Publication	Title
7/16/2009	The State Journal-Register	Feds Investigate Funeral Trust Fund
7/16/2009	The State Journal-Register	Hynes: State Should Consider New Funeral Home/Cemetery Regulator
7/5/2009	Illinois Issues Blog	People Look for Answers in Funeral Trust Case
7/4/2009	The State Journal-Register	Comptroller’s Documents Detail History of IFDA Trouble
6/4/2009	Courthouse News Service	Class Says Merrill Lynch Cheated Funeral Directors and the Dead in "Horrific Scheme"
6/24/2009	The State Journal-Register	Our Opinion: Hynes Owes Answers About Pre-Need Fund
6/16/2009	The State Journal-Register	State Blamed for Pre-Need Funeral Fund Loss
6/15/2009	The State Journal-Register	Life Insurance Policies Added to IFDA Fund Loss
6/4/2009	The State Journal-Register	Funeral Directors Vow to Fight Settlement

Date	Publication	Title
5/27/2009	The State Journal-Register	Funeral Homes Sue Over $18M Settlement
5/27/2009	Stock Broker Fraud Blog	Merrill Lynch Life Agency to Pay Illinois Division of Insurance $18 Million Over Funeral Trust Scam Allegations
5/21/2009	Investment News	Funeral Trust Scam in Illinois Costs Merrill Lynch Life $18M
5/21/2009	Chicago Tribune	Merrill Lynch OKs Funeral Trust Deal
5/21/2009	Trading Markets	Merrill Lynch OKs Funeral Trust Deal; Company to Pay $18 Million But Admits No Wrongdoing
5/21/2009	Chicago Tribune	Merrill Lynch to Pay $18 Million to Halt State Probe into Funeral Trust Fund
5/21/2009	The State Journal-Register	Merrill Lynch Agrees to Settle Funeral Fund Case for $18 Million
5/17/2009	Death Care Law Blog	The IFDA's Defined Benefit Plan
5/12/2009	The State Journal-Register	Hynes Demands $10 Million From Funeral Directors
5/13/2009	Chicago Tribune	State Comptroller Seeks Funeral Fund Repayment
5/1/2009	The State Journal-Register	Hynes Unveils Bill on Pre-Need Funeral Trust Funds

Date	Publication	Title
4/25/2009	The State Journal-Register	New York Pre-Need Funeral Trust System Sets Example
4/25/2009	The State Journal-Register	Illinois’ Losses Little Compared to Service’s $1 Billion Shortfall
4/25/2009	The State Journal-Register	Hynes Wants Change to Illinois’ Pre-Need Funeral Contract Laws
4/22/2009	The State Journal-Register	Illinois House OKs Task Force on Funeral Trust Fund
4/14/2009	The State Journal-Register	Cartoon: Roland Burris’ Credibility Amid IFDA Questions
4/11/2009	Chicago Tribune	Funeral Directors Subpoena Burris
4/10/2009	The State Journal-Register	Funeral Directors Subpoena Burris Papers
4/8/2009	The State Journal-Register	State Blames Financial Adviser for Funeral Fund’s Collapse
4/8/2009	Chicago Tribune	Financial Adviser Blamed for Funeral Trust’s Woes
4/6/2009	The State Journal-Register	Our Opinion: Burris Owes Answers on IFDA Dealings