<P> In 2016, the Australian Taxation Office revealed that McDonald's Asia - Pacific Consortium had generated $478 million in revenue in 2013--14, but had paid no tax on those earnings whatsoever . </P> <P> The longest running legal action of all time in the UK was the McLibel case against 2 defendants who criticized a number of aspects of the company . The trial lasted 10 years and called 130 witnesses . The European Court of Human Rights deemed that the unequal resources of the litigants breached the defendants rights to freedom of speech and biased the trial . The result was widely seen as a "PR disaster ." </P> <P> A famous legal case in the US involving McDonald's was the 1994 decision in Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants where Albuquerque, New Mexico, resident Stella Liebeck was initially awarded $2.7 million after she suffered third - degree burns after spilling a scalding cup of McDonald's coffee on herself . The award was later reduced to $640,000 . </P> <P> In April 2014, it was reported that McDonald's in Europe will use chicken meat that was produced by using genetically modified animal feed . Greenpeace argues that McDonald's saves less than one Eurocent for each chicken burger and goes down a path not desired by its customers . </P>

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