After a few months of not commuting by ferry from Bainbridge Island to downtown Seattle, and not spending days on that ferry or an airplane flying around the world, I decided to land back on Bainbridge Island with my law office – or at least the island version of the Seattle version. Over the next
A teenage runaway tries his hand at migrant work and becomes one of the most powerful food safety lawyers in the world / William Marler, Owner & Managing Partner, Marler Clark, LLP. The Good Story – When It Mattered Podcast Ep. 49 — Chitra Ragavan June 2020
When Bill Marler was 16 years old, he ran away from home and became a migrant worker for a while, living in squalid cabins, sleeping outdoors, and hitchhiking rides to farms to pick crops.
The low point of Marler’s life came when he lost a gig and completely ran out of money.
For a week,
Tomorrow is World Food Safety Day – But with COVID-19 and justified street protests over BLM, we have a lot on our plates
The second annual observance of World Food Safety Day is June 7.
This day is an opportunity to promote awareness about how to keep our food supply safe and recognize the many people who help get healthy and safe food to our tables
True enough, but with COVID-19, and yet another death of a black
Law360 Bill Marler and COVID-19
Law360: Prominent food safety plaintiffs’ attorney Bill Marler of Marler Clark LLP, who has been representing victims of foodborne illnesses since the early 1990s, recently spoke with Law360 about practicing remotely from his home on Bainbridge Island in Puget Sound and about food safety concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Marler began his career in
Food Inspections and Food Recalls fall during COVID-19 – What will be the impact on Foodborne Illness Investigations is to be seen
Kyle Bagenstose of USA Today did a deep dive into food safety in today’s article: “Inspections, citations, recalls slashed: Coronavirus is testing America’s food safety net.” The lack of inspections and recalls are of great concern.
In addition, the questions raised about foodborne illness investigations (or the lack thereof) are of even great concern, as
CDC FoodNet: 2019 was not the best year in Food Safety
With COVID-19, what will 2020 bring?
According to FoodNet data published in the recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, in 2019, compared with the previous 3 years, the incidence of infections caused by pathogens transmitted commonly through food increased (for Campylobacter, Cyclospora, STEC, Vibrio, Yersinia) or remained unchanged (for Listeria
Re: Food Safety during the time of COVID-19 – we have work to do
Infections from five of eight pathogens tracked by the CDC are on the rise. See MMWR this week.
Initial analysis of data comparing the period from 2016-2018 with numbers for 2019 (see table below) shows that the federal government’s Healthy People 2020 targets for reducing foodborne illness will not be met, according to the Morbidity
Blue Bell pays $19.35 million in fine, forfeiture, and civil settlement payments – President indicted
So says the press release from the Department of Justice today.
Here is something that I wrote almost 5 years ago today:
After watching the Blue Bell Listeria Outbreak unfold over the last months – especially after reading the FDA’s 483’s, I think it is time for the President and CEO of Blue Bell to
Why offering businesses immunity from coronavirus liability is a bad idea
From professor Lytton in the Conversation:
Governors around the country are attempting to restart the economy by easing restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The prospect of returning to “normal” amid a pandemic has businesses lobbying Congress to grant them sweeping immunity from civil liability for failure to adequately protect
Suggestions for Re-opening the Marler Clark Office – perhaps by June 1
Our offices have been essentially empty for the last month.
We have been successfully working remotely since early March and all lawyers and staff have continued to work hard and produce the high quality legal work that Marler Clark is known for.
We are starting to plan for the “new normal.” Here are some thoughts.