<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> McDonald's has defended itself in several cases involving workers' rights . </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 awarded several million dollars after she suffered third - degree burns after spilling a scalding cup of McDonald's coffee on herself . </P>

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