One day next week, a pair of Londoners living in poverty will enter Courtroom 35 of the London Law Courts, alongside bewigged lawyers and executives in business suits, to hear the verdict in the ...

A David and Goliath fight between international fast-food giant McDonald’s and two unemployed environmental activists became the longest civil case in English legal history on Monday when it entered ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Two Britons found to have libelled the US fast food chain McDonald's after the longest court case in English legal history did not have ...

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - In a case that started almost 20 years -- and many billions served - ago, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that two British activists did not get a fair trial ...

Two activists found to have libelled the US fast food chain McDonald's after the longest court case in English legal history did not have a fair trial, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.

LONDON — They’re dragging Ronald McDonald into a libel trial. And Happy Meals. And two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun. It’s the McLibel Case.

In the late 1980s, a tiny, fringe activist group in London publicly sought to tell the world what it contended was “the truth about McDonald’s,” the world’s largest fast-food chain. In 1990, the ...

Eleven years ago I got a telephone call from Doughty Street Chambers human rights lawyer Keir Starmer, who told me about the McLibel case. I found what Starmer told me very troubling and agreed with ...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday that two vegetarian activists convicted of defaming fast-food giant McDonald's Corp, did not receive a fair trial in Britain. The European Court of ...

Two vegetarian activists in London who fought McDonald’s Corp. in a marathon libel case said they received an unfair trial despite their public relations victory over the Oak Brook-based hamburger ...

Feb. 15, 2005, 6:58 AM EST / Source: Reuters Two activists convicted of libeling the U.S. fast-food chain McDonald’s after the longest court case in English legal history did not get a fair trial, the ...

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a 15 February 2005 ARTICLE 19 press release: STRASBOURG VINDICATES MCLIBEL PAIR In a ground-breaking judgment delivered today, the European Court of Human Rights ...