United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-3209 SANTANU DAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD. and AMIT BAJAJ, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. No. 22-C-6988 — Virginia M. Kendall, Chief Judge. ____________________

ARGUED MAY 29, 2024 — DECIDED OCTOBER 4, 2024 ____________________

Before EASTERBROOK, BRENNAN, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges. BRENNAN, Circuit Judge. Tata Consultancy presented its highest-performing employees with a compensation incen- tive plan under which, if they achieved a certain sales target, they would receive a bonus exceeding $400,000. One of those employees, Santanu Das, achieved the target, but Tata paid him less than $100,000. Das sued Tata under an Illinois law 2 No. 23-320