Tax season can be a windfall or a wipeout for your budget. Which camp you fall into likely depends on whether you get a refund — or a tax bill — from the IRS. If you find that you owe ...

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Multidistrict litigation out of Missouri helped land a multimillion-dollar settlement with H&R Block over its marketing practices of allegedly fee-ridden retirement accounts. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo this week announced the settlement, which requires H&R Block to refund fees ...

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A federal appeals court has reinstated part of a class action shareholders lawsuit against Kansas City-based tax preparer H&R Block. The lawsuit was consolidated from nine separate class actions filed against the company in state and federal court. The lawsuits came after the company in 2005 and again in 2006 restated several years' worth of earnings. The company was also sued by California authorities over its loan refund program, and by New York over the marketing of its Express Individual Retirement Account program.

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Collaborative Law Institute elects O’Donnell president The Collaborative Law Institute of Missouri recently elected Hugh O’Donnell III president. O’Donnell has been in private practice in Kansas City for more than 20 years. His practice consists of mediation and collaborative law, ...

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A former H&R Block supervisor facing an employment discrimination lawsuit has the right to arbitrate the claims filed against him, a federal appeals court said Monday. Jodi Finnie, a black female, was hired as a business process development coordinator at ...

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H&R Block must defend against claims by New York that it deceptively marketed retirement accounts to both residents and nonresidents, an appeals court ruled. New York’s Appellate Division in Manhattan, in a decision made public Tuesday, upheld a lower-court decision, ...

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Extension granted in Blagojevich case Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald was granted a 90-day extension to obtain an indictment against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whom he has accused of corruption in a criminal complaint. U.S. District Judge James Holderman in ...

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