Rite Aid, Lumber Liquidators Shopping for New Top Lawyers

Rite Aid Corp. and Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. are in the market for a pair of new law department leaders.

In a recent proxy statement, Rite Aid disclosed it paid almost $1.31 million in total compensation last year to executive vice president, general counsel, and company secretary James Comitale, who resigned from the national drugstore and pharmacy chain May 21.

A Rite Aid spokesman told Bloomberg Law that the company doesn’t comment on personnel matters. Comitale didn’t return a request for comment about his departure, which comes about a month after legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa announced it ...