The McLibel case exposed damaging stories about the business and the quality of food being sold. It was also seen as a heavy-handed way of stifling criticism.

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 European Court of Human Rights ruled ...

The European court ruling that two activists should have been allowed legal aid in their libel battle with McDonald's is just the latest of many twists in the longest case in English legal history.

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 ...

Two activists should have been given legal aid in their long fight against a McDonald's libel action, a court says. The European Court of Human Rights said the lack of such aid effectively denied the ...

McDonald's office in Britain had no immediate comment on the decision, saying it was not party to the case, but added: "It is important to note, although the so-called 'McLibel' case came to court ...

An undercover police officer posing as an environmental activist co-wrote the leaflet at the centre of the McLibel court case, a book claims.

The “McLibel” case, as it came to be known, was a notorious PR disaster for the fast food giant. It began when two activists passed out the flyers in 1986 in front of a restaurant.

Now comes “McLibel,” a documentary that recaps a notorious McDonald’s lawsuit that some have described as the biggest PR disaster in corporate history. The story begins in 1986, when a ...

You might have heard of McLibel, the longest running libel case in history in England. Activists Helen Steel and David Morris handed out a leaflet called 'What's wrong with McDonald's'.

Cinema Libre Studio has picked up all North American rights to "McLibel," a documentary that follows two Greenpeace activists through what became the longest trial in England's history.