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1 Lowe v. Atlas Logistics Grp. Retail Servs., LLC, No. 1:13–CV–2425–AT, 2015 WL 2058906 (N.D. Ga. May 5, 2015).
2 See id. at *28.
3 See id. at *9.
4 See Verdict Form, Lowe, 2015 WL 2058906 (No. 1:13–CV–2425–AT) [hereinafter Verdict Form].
5 See Daniel Wiessner, Georgia Workers Win $2.2 Million in ‘Devious Defecator’ Case, Reuters (June 23, 2015, 11:14 AM), http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/23/us-verdict-dna-defecator-idUSKBN0P31TP20150623 [http://perma.cc/DPJ6-T726].
6 See Lowe, 2015 WL 2058906, at *1,*5.
7 Id. at *5.
8 See id. at *4, *10 n.4 (finding that the parties’ dispute over whether consent was coerced was not material).
9 See id. at *5.
10 Defendant's Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment at 10, Lowe, 2015 WL 2058906 (No. 1:13–CV–2425–AT) [hereinafter Defendant's Memorandum].
11 See Lowe, 2015 WL 2058906, at *7.
12 See id.
13 See id. at *8.
14 See id.
15 See Plaintiffs’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, Lowe, 2015 WL 2058906 (No. 1:13–CV–2425–AT) [hereinafter Plaintiffs’ Memorandum]; Defendant's Memorandum, supra note 10.
16 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff (2012).
17 Roberts, Jessica L., Preempting Discrimination: Lessons from the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, 63 Vand. L. Rev. 439, 439 (2010).Google Scholar
18 Id. at 473.
19 See id. at 441.
20 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000ff-1(b); 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff-5(b).
21 Plaintiffs’ Memorandum, supra note 15, at 16; Defendant's Memorandum, supra note 10, at 10; Definitions specific to GINA, 29 C.F.R. 1635.3(c)(i) (2010).
22 See Defendant's Memorandum, supra note 10, at 14.
23 See id. at 11.
24 Id. at 12.
25 See id. at 16.
26 See Lowe v. Atlas Logistics Grp. Retail Servs., LLC, No. 1:13–CV–2425–AT, 2015 WL 2058906, at *4-8 (N.D. Ga. May 5, 2015).
27 Id. at *11 (quoting 42 U.S.C § 2000ff(7) (2012)).
28 See id. at *13-14.
29 See id. at *15.
30 See id. at *20.
31 Id. at *19 (quoting 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff note).
32 Id. at *19-20.
33 Id. at *24 (citing Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. NRDC, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)).
34 Id. at *27; Definitions specific to GINA are included at 29 C.F.R. 1635.3(f)(2) (2010).
35 See id.
36 Id. at *27 (citing 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff – 1(b) (2012)).
37 See Verdict Form, supra note 4; see also EEOC, Press Release, Fabricut to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability and Genetic Information Lawsuit (May 7, 2013) http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/5-7-13b.cfm [http://perma.cc/KL9V-M6G3]; EEOC, Press Release, Founders Pavilion Will Pay $370,000 to Settle EEOC Genetic Information Discrimination Lawsuit (Jan. 13, 2014), http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/1-13-14.cfm [http://perma.cc/68JL-SGJR]; EEOC, Press Release, Seed and Fertilizer Providers to Pay $187,500 for Genetic Information and Disability Discrimination (Nov. 11, 2014), http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/11-10-14.cfm [http://perma.cc/EY5F-KWPV].
38 See 42 U.S.C § 2000ff-6(a)(3) (2012).
39 See Order Denying in Part and Granting in Part Plaintiffs' Motion for Injunctive Relief at 6, Lowe, 2015 WL 2058906 (No. 1:13–CV–2425–AT).
40 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff note.