David Little is a partner based in the London office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Little’s practice focuses on EU and UK competition law, including merger control, anticompetitive agreements, abuse of dominance, litigation and sectoral regulation. Mr. Little has represented clients before the European Commission, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (and its predecessors, the Office of Fair Trading and Competition Commission), as well as in litigation before the European Courts in Luxembourg and the UK High Court. Mr. Little has published and spoken on areas of European competition law including merger control, cartels and restrictive agreements, abuse of dominance and state aid. Mr. Little joined the Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Brussels office of the firm in 2006 as a stagiaire. From 2008 to 2009, he trained in the firm’s London and Paris offices before returning to the Brussels office in 2009 and 2010. During 2015, Mr. Little worked at the UK Competition and Markets Authority. Mr. Little is a member of the Bar in England and Wales and in New York. His native language is English and he is fluent in French.
Nominee, 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards : Business, Concerted Practices
Nominee, 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards : Business, Mergers
Nominee, 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards : Business, Unilateral Conduct
Nominee, 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards : Academic, Mergers
Nominee, 2018 Antitrust Writing Awards : Business, Unilateral Conduct
Nominee, 2016 Antitrust Writing Awards : Academic, Unilateral Conduct
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This article has been nominated for the 2022 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. The proposals include certain notable changes, while also mirroring the current UK framework and the European Commission’s planned approach in many respects. The (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2021 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. The European Commission is seeking feedback on introducing regulations or guidance to ensure that EU competition law rules do not prevent self-employed workers (...)
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The European Green Deal & Competition Policy – Call for contributions on how EU competition rules and sustainability policies can work together* On 13 October 2020, the European Commission (EC) published a call for contributions to gather ideas on how EU competition rules (State aid, (...)
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UK COMPETITION APPEAL TRIBUNAL JUDGMENT : PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON ABUSE OF DOMINANCE* The CAT’s Royal Mail v Ofcom judgment considers what constitutes abusive conduct, the “as-efficient competitor” test, and the use of expert economic advice. On 12 November 2019, the UK Competition Appeal (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. On 18 July 2019, the European Commission (“EC”) fined Qualcomm for abusing its market dominance by selling 3G baseband chipsets below cost, to force its competitor (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2020 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. On 21 February, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) found that Hargreave Hale Ltd (“Hargreave Hale”), Newton Investment Management Limited (“Newton”), and (...)
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This article has been nominated for the 2019 Antitrust Writing Awards. Click here to learn more about the Antitrust Writing Awards. On December 21, 2017, the District Court for the Central District of California issued TCL v. Ericsson, resolving a long-standing dispute between the parties (...)
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In September 2016, the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) launched a Market Study into digital comparison tools (“DCTs”). On March 28, 2017, the CMA published an update on the Market Study setting out its preliminary findings and areas of focus for the second part of the Market Study. The (...)
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Class Actions in the U.K : Emerald Supplies Limited & Anr. v. British Airways plc* The U.K. Court of Appeal has recently rebuffed an attempt by Plaintiff’s firm, Hausfeld, to bring a collective “opt out” style action using Rule 19.6 of the CPR rules (Emerald Supplied Limited v. British (...)
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Cette série d’articles présente différents points de vue sur les priorités de la nouvelle Commission en matière de politique de concurrence en Europe à la suite de l’interdiction de la fusion Siemens/Alstom et du manifeste publié par les gouvernements français et allemand. Ces contributions participent (...)
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