Civil Procedure – Discovery Sanctions – Time Records – Overtime Pay 
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Published: November 10, 2010
Tags: Civil Procedure, Judge M. Hannah Lauck, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
In this suit for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act, defendant employer cannot excuse its delayed response to discovery requests by saying plaintiffs themselves filled out these time records, and a Richmond U.S. District Court sanctions the employer by restricting its presentation of evidence at trial and ordering payment of plaintiffs’ reasonable expenses, ...
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