Dela. Chancery Court: McDonald's CEO does not deserve a break in separation suit
7 Min Read (Reuters) - At a Nov. 13 Zoom hearing in Delaware Chancery Court, the lawyer defending former McDonald’s CEO Stephen Easterbrook made an interesting argument for why the company cannot claim that it was fraudulently induced into entering a separation agreement worth an estimated $41 million to the ex-CEO: McDonald’s, said Easterbrook counsel Kristen Hudson of the Benson Firm, already believed its CEO was a liar. At the time it entered the separation agreement in November 2019, Hudson said, McDonald’s knew that Easterbrook was involved in a romantic relationship with a subor...