H&R Block will pay $7 million and change some of its practices under a proposed settlement that would resolve a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit alleging that the company made deceptive claims about “free” tax filing.The FTC filed an administrative lawsuit against H&R Block in February, charging that the company advertised its online tax filing products as “free” even though many consumers could not file for free, the regulator said in a Tuesday (Nov. 12) press release.The lawsuit also charged that th ...