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David Johnson represents clients in antitrust litigation, government antitrust investigations, and other complex commercial disputes.
Mr. Johnson has been an associate leader on trial teams that have defeated both the US Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission in antitrust trials challenging business mergers.
Mr. Johnson’s trial victories against federal antitrust enforcers have earned him recognition from AmLaw as a “Litigator of the Week” and recognition from Law360 as a “Legal Lion of the Week.”
Mr. Johnson’s antitrust litigation experience includes the defense of business mergers, and defense of allegations of price-fixing, exclusive dealing, information sharing, monopolization, monopsonization, and other allegations under federal and state antitrust laws.
Mr. Johnson’s antitrust clients span many industries, including sports, media and entertainment, digital platforms, transportation, and agricultural products.
Mr. Johnson has litigated cases to successful completion in both district courts and appellate courts, and having clerked or interned for both a U.S. District Court Judge and a U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, has strategic insights into the operations of both levels of courts.
Mr. Johnson’s experience includes representing:
Leading French competition publication selects two Latham articles as winners at the 2024 Antitrust Writing Awards.
Leading French competition publication Concurrences selected three Latham articles from among more than 1,200 academic, business, and soft law pieces submitted globally.
Latham team recognized as appellate court affirms previous decisions against the US Department of Justice's challenge to U.S. Sugar's purchase of Imperial Sugar.