H&R Block is urging a federal appeals court to reverse a decision that refused to enforce its arbitration agreement, letting a data privacy class action over the alleged sharing of tax return data with Meta and Google proceed in court. (Rios v. HRB Digital LLC, No. 25-7199, opening brief filed 7/20/2026)
In its opening brief to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the tax preparer argues the district court erred in declining to compel arbitration, chiefly by refusing to follow binding circuit precedent it says controls.
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