Mealey's (January 30, 2017, 3:38 PM EST) -- ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York federal judge on Jan. 27 granted H&R Block Tax Services LLC’s motion to dismiss a defendant’s counterclaim and strike her first two affirmative defenses in a case in which H&R Block alleges that the defendant violated a franchise agreement, saying that the agreement allowed H&R Block to elect to not renew it without cause (H&R Block Tax Services LLC v. Judy Strauss, No. 1:15-cv-0085, N.D. N.Y., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11170)....