NOTE: The following lengthy article was first published in the March/April 2004 issue of VegNews. When it was written, the McDonald’s lawsuit decision that the article describes was still being appealed. In 2005, after the appeals process concluded, I made some minor revisions and additions to this online version. I also appended a timeline of events and the list of groups slated to receive money allocated to “vegetarian groups,” both of which were included as sidebars within the original article. Finally, I have appended a short article, “McDonald’s Lawsuit is Over,” published in a subsequent issue of VegNews. Continue reading “McDonald’s Lawsuit — What’s the Story?”