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==Legal Battle==

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In 1999, former AOL volunteers filed a class-action labor case against the company. The law suit was led by former volunteers Kelly Hallisey of New York and Brian Williams from Texas. According to their allegations, AOL violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by asking the volunteers to perform jobs such as chat room monitoring for the company without compensation.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/Former-AOL-volunteers-file-labor-suit/2100-1023_3-226360.html?tag=mncol Former AOL volunteers file labor suit]</ref>

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