Rodney McMullen, the former chairman and CEO of The Kroger Co., has been subpoenaed to testify in Albertsons’ breach-of-merger lawsuit, the latest twist in the long-running legal fight over the companies’ aborted $24.6 billion deal. The move pulls one of Cincinnati’s most recognizable corporate figures back into a courtroom showdown that has already produced a thicket of filings and counterclaims.
According to the Cincinnati Business Courier, McMullen was served with a subpoena to appear and answer questions in the case, although the report did not specify when he is expected to testify. The Courier reports that the subpoena fits into Albertsons’ broader strategy to argue that Kroger failed to use the contractual tools available to secure regulatory…..