Big Mac bites back: English law and an experienced lawyer help burger giant win a case against small-fry environmentalists

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McDonald's won its libel suit against two UK environmental activists but received tremendously bad publicity as a result. The company spent $16 mil to win $98,000 judgment in the longest trial in UK history, but the judge in the case declared as essentially true several of the activists's allegations of low wages and exploitation. Common law and case law on libel differ between the US and the UK, but the defendants in this case appeared to fare better under US law.

Food Manufacturing, FOOD AND KINDRED PRODUCTS, Convenience Foods, United Kingdom, Interpretation and construction, McDonald's Corp., Political activists, Activists, MCD, Environmental law

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Reap what you sow: lawyer ethics could benefit from an application of Proverbs

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The Old Testament book of Proverbs offers many guidelines to the legal profession, as recognized by those who laid down the foundation of American legal ethics in the mid-19th century. Moral values undergird ethical action, including legal practice, but the formal ethics codes used today have all but displaced the Judeo-Christian morals expressed in Proverbs. The values found therein address civility, honesty, justice, mercy, and purity.

United States, Ethical aspects, Literature, Legal ethics, Bible. O.T. Proverbs (Sacred work)

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Snail darter advocate sues a sheriff; whether a journalist or lawyer, W.P. Boone Dougherty fights government

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W.P. Boone Dougherty left the practice of law for the less stressful job of small-town reporter, but is dusting off his legal talents in a pro se libel suit against Georgia sheriff John Seay. Seay accused Dougherty of being a homosexual after the latter's investigative reporting on questionable practices in the sheriff's office, and the homosexuality allegation led to the suit.

Dougherty, W.P. Boone

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