Nov 2020
Virtual
South Africa Virtual Food Safety Summit
Bill Marler presented at the South Africa Virtual Food Safety Summit 2020, a joint venture by Food Focus and Anelich Consulting. The summit reflected on emergency preparedness procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic and celebrated industry successes, featuring international and domestic speakers discussing food safety management systems.
Legal Risk and Crisis Management
Mar 2020
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Food Law Student Leadership Summit
The University of Arkansas hosted 63 students from 42 law schools for the fifth annual Food Law Student Leadership Summit, co-hosted by Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic. The summit featured keynote speaker Rep. Chellie Pingree and Bill Marler, tours of Tyson Foods and Walmart centers, panels, and workshops focused on Food Law and Policy in the Face of Climate Change.
Policy and Regulation Trends
Apr 2018
Bentonville, Arkansas, USA
Walmart
Bill Marler presented to Walmart food safety associates on how food safety is regulated through private litigation.
Legal Risk and Crisis Management
Feb 2018
Montana, USA
Montana Food & Consumer Safety Webinar
Bill Marler presented his perspectives on problems with food safety inspections and reporting findings.
Legal Risk and Crisis Management
Jan 2018
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Minneapolis Environmental Health Conference
Bill Marler discussed unexpected sources of foodborne illness and presented retail-level case studies, including the recent nacho cheese botulism outbreak. He covered typical business consequences for poisoning customers, settlement patterns, jury awards, and shared victim stories from his 29 years of practice.
Victim Stories
Jun 2012
Mercer Island, Washington, USA
Northwest Harvest Annual Conference
Bill Marler, featured in the book POISONED about the deadly E. coli outbreak that changed American eating, was the keynote speaker at Northwest Harvest's annual conference.
Victim Stories
Mar 2012
Tampa, Florida, USA
Beef Industry Safety Summit
Bill Marler gave the keynote address Looking Back, Lessons Learned & Charting the Future at the Beef Industry Safety Summit, sharing the stage with food safety expert Dave Theno and James O. Reagan from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
Outbreak and Root-Cause Analysis
Jan 2012
Seattle, Washington, USA
University of Washington
William Marler discussed the legal consequences of poor food safety practices with a University of Washington class.
Legal Risk and Crisis Management
Jan 2012
Virtual
Ecolab Webinar
William Marler covered legal issues arising from food safety failures and outbreak scenarios in an Ecolab-hosted webinar.
Legal Risk and Crisis Management
Nov 2011
Everett, Washington, USA
Focus on Farming Conference
Bill Marler was keynote speaker at the Focus on Farming conference Harvesting Opportunity, sharing his expertise on safely producing and distributing food to eliminate foodborne illness outbreaks.
Food Safety Culture
Oct 2011
San Leandro, California, USA
California Environmental Health Association
David Babcock discussed The Liability of Health Inspectors for an Alleged Negligent Inspection, addressing whether environmental health inspectors can be successfully sued for allegedly negligent inspections in California.
Legal Risk and Crisis Management
May 2011
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Risk Management Society Annual Conference and Exhibition
Bruce Clark spoke about the impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act on the food and beverage industry at RIMS Annual Conference.
Policy and Regulation Trends
May 2011
Chicago, Illinois, USA
University of Chicago
Bill Marler shared insights and revelations from nearly 20 years of representing foodborne illness victims.
Victim Stories
Mar 2011
Oakland, California, USA
Northern California American Society for Microbiology
Bill Marler spoke on Law and Order: How Epidemiological and Laboratory Data are used in Food Poisoning Cases at the NCASM Spring Meeting.
Outbreak and Root-Cause Analysis
Jan 2011
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
Arkansas School of Law
Bill Marler presented How the Food Safety Modernization Act Came About: Food Safety and Forces of Change at the University of Arkansas School of Law. He discussed the 2011 legislation representing the FDA's first major food safety reform in 70 years and his advocacy for the bill.
Policy and Regulation Trends
