Kroger fights Albertsons suit over failed $24.6 billion merger

By Sabrina Willmer and Jaewon Kang | Bloomberg
Kroger Co. is fighting back against a lawsuit brought by Albertsons Cos. over its failed $24.6 billion takeover of the rival grocery chain, escalating a dispute that began after US antitrust enforcers succeeded in blocking the deal last year.
Albertsons is trying to extract billions of dollars, including a $600 million termination fee, with baseless claims that Kroger tried to undermine the deal, attorneys for Kroger wrote in a filing that was unsea