By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Jennifer A. Riley, and Ryan T. Garippo Duane Morris Takeaways: On October 8, 2026, in Baker, et al. v. Seattle Children’s Hospital, No. 104590-5, 2026 WL 3023818 (Wash. Oct. 8, 2026), Justice Theodore J. Angelis
Themes from the IAB Privacy Compliance Salon in Seattle
Last week I spoke at the IAPP PSR conference in Seattle after spending a jam-packed day at the IAB Privacy Compliance Salon. Today’s newsletter will be focused on IAB and next week’s on IAPP.
I always return from the IAB
The Growing Reach of Predatory OTAs
Weekend Wrap-Up: FDA Matched the Broccoli Sprout Outbreak to Seed Lot W4105 and the Seed Came Off Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Etsy and TikTok Shop Without Anyone Naming Who Sold It. The Chicken Wraps That Made 38 People Sick Have a Food Now and Still No Brand. And Taylor Farms Announced Its Own Fix Six Days After FDA Announced Ten.
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Last Saturday’s edition closed on three files shut without a cause and eleven open files carrying 675 sick with no food named. This week FDA matched the broccoli sprout outbreak to a seed lot, three seed
Court Rules Boeing May Be Subject to Punitive Damages Over Alaska Flight 1282 Incident
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2026
Seattle, Washington.
Today Boeing lost its second attempt to dismiss the claim for punitive damages brought by the 47-member Anderson Plaintiff group for damages arising out of the Alaska Flight 1282 door blowout event
Who’s Liable in a Seattle Bicycle Accident?
A rider who shares some of the fault in Washington still recovers, just less. The percentage fight is not about whether a claim survives. It is about how much of it does.
Liability for a Seattle bicycle crash usually lands
FDA Confirms Seed Lot W4105 Is the Source of the Evergreen Broccoli Sprout SalmonellaOutbreak, and Eden Brothers Is the Second Home-Sprouting Seed Recall on That Lot in Five Days: 32 Sick in Six States, Supplier Still Unnamed. If You Sprout at Home, Check the Packet.
As of October 8, 2026, FDA’s outbreak advisory on the Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak linked to Evergreen Fresh Sprouts broccoli sprouts says a seed sample the agency collected from the seed supplier tested positive and matched the outbreak strain by whole genome sequencing.
Judicial Notice Supplement (10.04.26): Snubbed
Welcome to the latest edition of “Judicial Notice Supplement,” aka “JN Supp.” As I explained in Sunday night’s Judicial Notice, JN Supp. is where I’ll share
$225 Million Amway Settlement Targets MLM Earnings and Recruiting Claims
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Washington state attorney general announced a settlement under which Amway Corporation, a multilevel marketing (MLM) company, and affiliated recruiting companies World Wide Group, LLC and Leadership Team Development, Inc., will pay
Judge Bastian Rules Trump Cannot Fire Court-Appointed US Attorney
Among the various shenanigans employed by the Trump administration to circumvent the law is the firing of United States Attorneys appointed by the judges of a district after the 120-day period of an interim appointee lapsed without Senate confirmation of