• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has promoted several attorneys to counsel: Marti Johnson, patent litigation; Patrick Rideout, litigation and Anna Rips, investment management.

Robert E. Rice, a veteran regulatory enforcement lawyer and former federal prosecutor who most recently served as chief counsel to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White, has joined Ropes & Gray as a partner in the firm’s business and securities litigation practice.