H&R Block: Getting Your Money Will Cost You

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H&R Block Cases

May 2016: A federal judge granted final approval of a class-action settlement resolving the claims in thirteen lawsuits. According to the settlement terms, each class member will receive a one-time…

H&R Block’s “Free Online” Product

In September 2019, a class-action lawsuit was filed against H&R Block for allegedly misleadingly advertising its “Free Online” product to make taxpayers think that using the product would allow them…

H&R Block Ad Benefits from Consumer Confusion

Affordable Care Act doesn’t require filing changes this year.

H&R Block’s Free Tax Services

June 2019: The case was transferred to federal court. (Case No. 19-cv-3610, N. D. CA.) May 2019: A class-action lawsuit was filed against H&R Block for allegedly misleadingly advertising free…

Google Pays AdBlock Plus to Have Ads Whitelisted

Is the point of AdBlock Plus to block annoying ads, or to curate them?

Taxes Shouldn’t Be This Taxing

How tax preparation services may actually make your life harder.

Grading the BBB: Ratings after FTC Actions

TINA.org investigation finds more than a dozen companies in good standing with the BBB following an FTC action.

Gunnar Onyx Vinyl Crystalline Glasses

Allegations: Products do not block the amount of blue light represented

Lipo-Flavonoid Plus

Ringing in the ears? Maybe you should think twice before using this supplement.

FindCostume.com: A Horror Story in Halloween Shopping

Online purchase of a child-sized firefighter costume leaves one woman feeling hosed.

AT&T to Pay $105 Million to Settle Cramming Charges

Officials urge consumers to carefully check cellphone bills for unauthorized charges.

Are You Being Fooled by Sugar?

Sugar wars: Who has the right to call an ingredient sugar?

Be wary of Spreading Secrets on Game of Secrets App

Valuable information hangs in the balance with the Game of Secrets app.

FTC Issues New Set of Recommendations to Prevent Cramming

Agency notes one participant in discussions called mobile cramming the “perfect scam.”

The Fine Print in T-Mobile’s Alleged Overbilling Scam

How the fine print factors into the FTC’s multimillion-dollar complaint against the mobile carrier.

FTC Pursues First Cell Cramming Case

The FTC filed its first complaint against a company for “mobile phone cramming.”