On yesterday’s game: Does make you think there is always time and a way to pull off any victory.
In France terrorists use guns to try and thwart free speech, in the United States corporations hire lawyers
I was minding my own business today at the office suing some corporation that killed a child with a bacteria in the food the child consumed, when someone arrived carrying a subpoena from Beef Products Incorporated – BPI.
Terrorism – It will not work in either country.
Je suis Marler
Prophet Mohammed – Je suis Charlie
I have thought a lot about free speech over the last few days – true, I do not think you should go out of your way to offend someone, but if the reaction to an offense is to kill a dozen people – to hell with you.
The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food – Read it!
I tend to focus on my job, and when your focus is on bacteria, the focus can be a bit narrow and small – some would say, microscopic. I have said often that I pay attention to the things that can kill you quickly, not the broader issues around food, like the environment, worker safety
FSIS Steps Up Its Food Safety Education Game
Don’t let Salmonella get “funky” or allow E. coli to “mosh” – well done.
Thankful on Thanksgiving
I admittedly have much to be thankful for. I have three beautiful, talented daughters and a spectacular wife who has tolerated me for over 25 years. I am fortunate at Marler Clark to be surrounded by great staff and gifted lawyers. And, unlike many in my profession, I love my job. I am also daily
Some Fowl Thoughts This Thanksgiving Day
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) released its “Name and Shame” Report this morning. The idea of testing retail chicken and publishing the results had been the focus of much discussion over the last few months. Some UK retailers were not very happy that the public would actually know how tainted the chicken really is.
If
So Proud
I received this email from the mother of some great kids I represented in an E. coli Outbreak over eight years ago.
Dear Bill Marler and firm:
We have been blessed to interact with your firm first hand. While the majority of those interactions were several years ago I wanted to write and say how
The National Law Journal: Q&A: Food Safety Lawyer Bill Marler on What Not to Eat
A lot of people don’t like being lawyers. I love what I do. But part of the reason is that I get to translate what I’ve learned to teach people what they need to do to avoid these problems to begin with. I’m a very lucky lawyer.
I had a chance to talk with Jenna Greene of The National Law Journal last week. The Q&A was published today.
Where you see food—a rare hamburger, a salad with alfalfa sprouts, a slice of cantaloupe—Bill Marler sees pathogens. A name partner at Seattle’s Marler Clark, he has represented victims in every major food poisoning outbreak for three decades, winning more than $600 million for his clients.
Every day, Marler’s work revolves around people who became ill— vomiting, bloody diarrhea, organ failure, coma, sometimes death—from something innocuous that they ate.
Knowing that, how does he sit down at the table and pick up a fork?
The National Law Journal talked to Marler about food safety. The interview was edited for clarity and length.
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US Foodborne Illness Cost Per Year – $15,600,000,000
Yes, Billion – Per Year[1]
I suppose you can call this the economic reason why I still have a job.
The Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture recently provided Cost Estimates of Foodborne Illnesses for the major foodborne illnesses in the United States as of 2013. This data includes:
- Detailed