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==Legal Battle==

==Legal Battle==

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>

In 1999, former AOL volunteers filed a class-action labor case against the company and requested the Department of Labor to investigate the case. 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> In 2001, the Department of Labor ruled that AOL did not violate the Fair Labor Standards Act since the volunteers were provided with free membership and free access to AOL proprietary sites in return for their services to the company.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/U.S.-ceases-probe-of-AOL-labor-practices/2100-1023_3-275059.html?tag=mncol;2n U.S. ceases probe of AOL labor practices]</ref>

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