Mcdonald’s board

cannot be sued for allowing former CEO Steve Easterbrook to keep tens of millions of dollars when the restaurant chain fired him for having a relationship with an employee, a Delaware judge ruled on Wednesday. The directors acted in good faith in 2019 when they fired Easterbrook without cause for having a nonphysical relationship with an employee, Delaware Vice Chancellor Travis Laster said in his ruling. Because he had not been fired for cause, Easterbrook collected severance that shareholders said was worth $125 million.