Joseph P. Monteleone, a partner at Weber Gallagher. Courtesy photo.

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster of the Delaware Chancery Court recently issued a lengthy opinion in In Re McDonald's Corporation Stockholder Derivative Litigation, 2023 Del. Ch. LEXIS 24 (Del. Ch. 2023), a shareholder derivative suit brought against former CEO Stephen J. Easterbrook, former chief people officer David Fairhurst, and other company directors.