United States of America v. HRB Tax Group, Inc., H&R Block Tax Services LLC and HRB Advance LLC - Settlement Agreement

IMPLEMENTATION

39. A copy of this document or any information contained in it will be made available to any person by H&R Block, H&R Block Tax Services, HRB, or the United States on request.

40. This Agreement, including Attachments A and B, constitutes the entire Agreement among the Parties on the matters raised herein, and no other statement, promise, or agreement, either written or oral, made by any party or agents of either party, that is not contained in this written Agreement (including its Attachments), shall be enforceable.  This Agreement does not purport to remedy any other potential violations of the ADA or any other federal law.  This Agreement does not affect H&R Block, H&R Block Tax Services, or HRB's continuing responsibility to comply with all aspects of the ADA.

41. This Agreement will remain in effect for three (3) years from the effective date of this Agreement, or until the Parties agree that full compliance with this Agreement has been achieved, whichever is later.

42. The person signing this Agreement for H&R Block represents that he/she is authorized to bind H&R Block to this Agreement.

43. The person signing this Agreement for H&R Block Tax Services represents that he/she is authorized to bind H&R Block Tax Services to this Agreement.

44. The person signing this Agreement for HRB represents that he is authorized to bind HRB to this Agreement.

45. This Agreement shall constitute a full and final resolution of any and all claims related to Department of Justice Complaint 202-76-97 and Department of Justice Compliance Review 202-43-131, which was limited to policies, procedures, and practices relating to effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, against H&R Block, H&R Block Tax Services, and HRB, and their agents, subsidiaries, franchisees, related companies, affiliates, partnerships, joint ventures, predecessors, successors, and assigns.

46. The effective date of this Agreement is the date of the last signature below.

FOR HRB TAX GROUP, INC., H&R
BLOCK TAX SERVICES LLC, and HRB
ADVANCE LLC:

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AMY McANARNEY,
Senior Vice President of Operations Support and Development
1 H&R Block Way
Kansas City, MO 64105-1905

Dated: December. 22, 2010

FOR THE UNITED STATES:

THOMAS E. PEREZ
Assistant Attorney General
SAMUEL R. BAGENSTOS
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division

JOHN L. WODATCH, Chief
PHILIP L. BREEN, Special Legal Counsel

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JEANINE WORDEN, Deputy Chief
DOV LUTZKER, Special Counsel
JENNIFER K. McDANNELL, Supervisory Attorney

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SUSAN H. CRAWFORD, Investigator
Disability Rights Section - NYA
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 307-1378 (phone)
(202) 514-7821 (fax)

Dated: January 31, 2011