Bankston v. State Of Illinois

How courts have described this case

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• jury could reasonably find that unlawful practice inconsistent with existing internal memo from defendants’ own legal department amounted to reckless disregard
• “It is easier for a plaintiff to receive liquidated damages under the FLSA than it is to extend the statute of limitations for FLSA claims…”
• “The FLSA presumptively authorizes the district court to award liquidated double damages against employers who violate the FLSA.”
• “We agree that [Gray’s conclusion] is the proper statutory construction of the FLSA fee-shifting provision. It provides that winning plaintiffs are entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees and the costs of the action, but says nothing specific about expert witness fees.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).