Food safety attorney Bill Marler is using social media to encourage other law firms to show support for public union employees in Wisconsin.

Seattle based food safety attorney Bill Marler, managing partner of Marler Clark, the nation’s leading law firm dedicated to representing victims of foodborne illness has become one of the nation’s leading experts on food safety and an avid blogger.

By Carol M. Ostrom, Seattle Times Feb. 20--A Kent woman and a Bellingham man have filed a class-action lawsuit against a Nebraska-based food manufacturer on behalf of people sickened by Salmonella infections after eating peanut butter later recalled for contamination.

By JOE MANDAK PITTSBURGH - Scores of customers sickened during a salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes sold in several states have settled more than 80 lawsuits in recent weeks, and company attorneys agreed to delay a filing deadline in hopes that dozens of other claims might settle.

By Dania Akkad, The Monterey County Herald, Calif. Oct. 26--Legal action is mounting in connection to a recent E. coli outbreak that affected at least 17 people who said they became sick after eating Dole Fresh Vegetable bagged salads.