November 06, 2025
McDonald's defeated a Black former security executive's suit alleging he was fired for confronting the company's CEO about racial disparities, with an Illinois federal judge ruling his remarks about social inequities weren't protected by federal law.
January 30, 2024
McDonald's Corp. CEO Christopher Kempczinski can be deposed in a discrimination suit filed by a Black former security executive who claimed he was fired because of his race and for speaking out against his former boss during a company meeting, an Illinois federal magistrate judge ruled Tuesday.
August 23, 2023
McDonald's Corp. must face a Black former security executive's suit claiming he was fired because of his race and for speaking up against the CEO during a staff meeting, with an Illinois federal judge ruling he sufficiently alleged the company sabotaged him to push him out.