Rite Aid Changes Legal Leadership Again as Bankruptcy Exit Nears

Aug. 21, 2024, 4:03 PM UTC

Rite Aid Corp.’s chief legal officer Thomas Sabatino Jr. has left the bankrupt retailer after roughly a year in the role and after the company recently won approval for a corporate restructuring plan.

The company disclosed in an Aug. 19 securities filing that Christin Bassett is now its acting general counsel and corporate secretary. Bassett, a former Reed Smith partner who was previously named interim law head following the departure last year of former Rite Aid legal chief Paul Gilbert, was elevated again in July, according to her LinkedIn profile and the pharmacy chain’s website.

Sabatino’s name was removed ...

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