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David Johnson represents clients in high-stakes antitrust trials, antitrust litigation, and government antitrust investigations.
David has been an associate leader on multiple winning trial teams, including winning a defense victory in a US$500 million jury trial, and defeating both the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission in antitrust trials challenging business mergers.
David’s multiple trial victories have earned him repeated recognition from AmLaw as a “Litigator of the Week” and recognition from Law360 as a “Legal Lion of the Week.”
David has defended against antitrust challenges to business combinations, and defended against antitrust claims of conspiracy, price-fixing, exclusive dealing, information sharing, monopolization, and monopsonization, among others.
David’s antitrust clients span many industries, including sports, media and entertainment, digital platforms, transportation, and agricultural products.
David has litigated cases to successful completion in both district courts and appellate courts, and has worked for both a US District Court Judge and a US Court of Appeals Judge.
David’s experience includes representing:
Latham’s antitrust and appellate lawyers together successfully overturned a preliminary injunction in the Fourth Circuit for NASCAR.
A Latham team led by Chris Yates and Larry Buterman secured a unanimous jury verdict for the U.S. Soccer Federation in New York federal court, successfully defeating claims brought by North American Soccer League.
Leading French competition publication selects two Latham articles as winners at the 2024 Antitrust Writing Awards.