THIS IS THE WEBSITE FOR FORMER AOL COMMUNITY LEADERS
 ("VOLUNTEERS") WHO PARTICIPATED IN A LAWSUIT TO COLLECT UNPAID MINIMUM WAGES
 FROM AMERICA ONLINE.

UPDATED AUGUST 19, 2010

THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS LAWSUIT HAS EXPIRED.  IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY FILED A CLAIM WITH RUST CONSULTING, THE SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATOR, IT IS TOO LATE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS LAWSUIT.  DO NOT CONTACT THE ATTORNEYS IN THIS CASE TO INQUIRE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE.  YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE AND SUCH INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ANSWERED.  IF YOU FILED A PROPER AND TIMELY CLAIM WITH RUST BUT HAVE NOT PROVIDED YOUR TAX IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION TO RUST YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A SETTLEMENT CHECK.   SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS ARE TAXABLE AND WILL NOT BE ISSUED TO ANYONE WHO REFUSES TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.  IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY FILED A CLAIM AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT YOU SHOULD CONTACT RUST AT 866-208-5274 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, IF YOU FAIL TO DO SO YOUR RIGHT TO RECEIVE THAT PAYMENT MAY EXPIRE.  ANYONE WHO FAILS TO PROVIDE TAX IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION TO RUST BY OCTOBER 21, 2010 WILL NOT RECEIVE A SETTLEMENT PAYMENT.

IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A SETTLEMENT PAYMENT THE SETTLEMENT PAYMENT YOU RECEIVE IS 100% YOURS TO KEEP AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY ANY FEES OR COSTS FOR ATTORNEYS OR ANYTHING ELSE IF YOU CASH THAT SETTLEMENT CHECKS.  RUMORS TO THE CONTRARY ARE FALSE, NO PAYMENTS WILL BE MADE BY OR COLLECTED FROM ANYONE WHO RECEIVES A SETTLEMENT CHECK.

UPDATED ON MAY 26, 2010

ON MAY 20, 2010 THE JUDGE HEARING THIS CASE SIGNED AN ORDER GRANTING FINAL APPROVAL TO THE SETTLEMENT.   PURSUANT TO THAT ORDER IT IS EXPECTED THAT SETTLEMENT PAYMENT CHECKS WILL BE SENT OUT BY MAIL BY RUST CONSULTING ON JULY 23, 2010.   SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS WILL ONLY BE SENT TO THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE RECORDED ON THE RECORDS OF RUST CONSULTING AS CLAIMANTS IN THIS CASE.   EVERY CLAIMANT IS ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INFORMATION TO RUST CONSULTING AND CLAIMANTS WHO DO NOT PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION MAY HAVE THEIR PAYMENT DELAYED OR DENIED.

If you need assistance with verifying your status as a claimant or to find out whether Rust Consulting has your tax identification number information and can send you a settlement check you MUST contact Rust Consulting, at 866-208-5274.  Do NOT contact the attorneys running this website to update your address for the purpose of sending you a check or to confirm your status as a claimant or whether any settlement payment is going to be sent to you or has been sent.  This office DOES NOT possess or process that information as Rust Consulting, as the settlement administrator in this case, is handling the distribution of all settlement payments.   You must contact Rust Consulting for assistance with those issues.

AS OF DECEMBER 2009 ALMOST 2400 FORMER COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE JOINED THIS LAWSUIT!  

YOU CAN READ ABOUT THE AOL COMMUNITY LEADERS LAWSUIT IN FORBES MAGAZINE BY CLICKING HERE

Thousands of persons have performed unpaid "volunteer" work for America Online during the 1990's and through June of 2005 when AOL terminated its "Community Leader" program. In 1999 a group of former AOL Community Leaders ("CLs") filed a class action lawsuit against AOL seeking the payment of minimum wages for the valuable work they performed for AOL.  This web page is maintained by the attorneys representing the CLs who filed the lawsuit.