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Tyson Y. Herrold

Associate

Philadelphia
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Overview

Tyson Herrold focuses his litigation practice on antitrust and competition matters as well as other complex litigation. Following law school, Tyson completed judicial clerkships with Federal Judges in the Middle District and Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. This experience included involvement in high-profile antitrust and Constitutional cases as well as litigation stemming from the financial crisis. During this time, Tyson developed an intimate knowledge of the federal trial and appellate court system. 

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  • Defending downstream energy company Alon USA Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Delek US, against allegations of price fixing in the California gasoline market. Pending in federal court in the Southern District of California, the cases were brought against multiple major oil refiners by putative classes of direct and indirect gasoline purchasers under the Sherman Antitrust Act and California’s antitrust statute, the Cartwright Act. The plaintiffs allege that California consumers were overcharged at the pump between 2012 and 2015 due to the defendants’ allegedly coordinated refinery shutdowns and other purported actions to restrict the supply of gasoline or create an appearance of a gasoline shortage in California. Persian Gulf Consolidated Antitrust Litigation (S.D.Cal.).
  • Successfully defended a manufacturing company against Lanham Act false-advertising claims brought by a competitor, using discovery to formulate counterclaims that forced the competitor to drop its claims and agree to a $7.5 million-dollar settlement in the client’s favor and other corrective actions to create a level playing field; also persuaded court to sanction competitor’s in-house general counsel for unethical conduct in bringing claims against client. Scranton Products, Inc. v. Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc., No. 2014-cv-00853 (M.D. Pa.).
  • In representation of shopping center developer, formulated cutting-edge antitrust claim against competing developer and supermarket chain for unlawful agreement to restrain trade in local supermarket sector; complaint withstood aggressive motions to dismiss, with court ruling that it pled a plausible prima facie case under the Sherman Act and various related state-law causes of action, and that client is entitled to full discovery on its claims.
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Experience

  • Defending downstream energy company Alon USA Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Delek US, against allegations of price fixing in the California gasoline market. Pending in federal court in the Southern District of California, the cases were brought against multiple major oil refiners by putative classes of direct and indirect gasoline purchasers under the Sherman Antitrust Act and California’s antitrust statute, the Cartwright Act. The plaintiffs allege that California consumers were overcharged at the pump between 2012 and 2015 due to the defendants’ allegedly coordinated refinery shutdowns and other purported actions to restrict the supply of gasoline or create an appearance of a gasoline shortage in California. Persian Gulf Consolidated Antitrust Litigation (S.D.Cal.).
  • Successfully defended a manufacturing company against Lanham Act false-advertising claims brought by a competitor, using discovery to formulate counterclaims that forced the competitor to drop its claims and agree to a $7.5 million-dollar settlement in the client’s favor and other corrective actions to create a level playing field; also persuaded court to sanction competitor’s in-house general counsel for unethical conduct in bringing claims against client. Scranton Products, Inc. v. Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc., No. 2014-cv-00853 (M.D. Pa.).
  • In representation of shopping center developer, formulated cutting-edge antitrust claim against competing developer and supermarket chain for unlawful agreement to restrain trade in local supermarket sector; complaint withstood aggressive motions to dismiss, with court ruling that it pled a plausible prima facie case under the Sherman Act and various related state-law causes of action, and that client is entitled to full discovery on its claims.
  • Represented an industrial machinery manufacturer in a products liability case alleging defect in the design and failure to warn.
  • Represented a land developer in bringing an antitrust case against an adjacent developer for using state tort and local eminent domain proceedings to restrain trade.
  • Represented a manufacturer in the defense against Lanham Act and unfair competition claims brought by competitor. 
  • Worked on an antitrust lawsuit brought by a representative of radio stations against performing rights organizations’ alleged attempts to fix prices in and monopolize the industry for copyrights to musical works.
  • Assisted in a case involving a bank’s scheme to fraudulently inflate capital after the financial crisis to obtain federal Troubled Asset Relief Protection (TARP) funds. 
  • Assisted in a case concerning whether banks’ database of mortgage holders used to facilitate creation of mortgage-backed securities violated state law requiring the public recording of mortgage transfers. 
  • Assisted in a case involving an insurance dispute arising out of an oil pipeline spill, where parties were ordered to engage in private arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act. 
  • Assisted in a Second Amendment appeal involving as-applied challenge to federal statute prohibiting convicted felons from obtaining firearms.
  • Involved in a Fifth Amendment case in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers allegedly held citizens without probable cause during a sting operation. 

Recognitions and Memberships

Memberships

  • J. Willard O’Brien American Inn of Court
  • Philadelphia Bar Association, Federal Courts Committee

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Prior Positions

  • Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter, United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit (2015 to 2016)
  • Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable C. Darnell Jones II, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2013 to 2015)
  • Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Malachy E. Mannion, United States District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania (2013)

Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • Pennsylvania, 2012
  • New Jersey, 2012

Education

  • J.D., Villanova University School of Law, 2012, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
  • B.S., Economics, Messiah College, 2009, summa cum laude

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Antitrust Advocate
A Look at Judge Kavanaugh's Antitrust Record
By Tyson Y. Herrold, Carl W. Hittinger
September 10, 2018
BakerHostetler Partner Carl Hittinger and Associate Tyson Herrold authored an article published Aug. 24, 2018, by The Legal Intelligencer. The article, “Is Judge Kavanaugh a Fan of Antitrust Laws? Let’s Take a Look,” examines the limited...
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Antitrust Advocate
Carl Hittinger, Tyson Herrold Author Article that Assesses Congressional Attempts to Update FTC Merger Review Process
By Tyson Y. Herrold, Carl W. Hittinger
June 27, 2018
Partner Carl Hittinger and Associate Tyson Herrold authored an article published June 22, 2018, by The Legal Intelligencer. The article, “How Smart is the Proposed Merger Review SMARTER Act?,” discusses a long-awaited bill before Congress...
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Antitrust Advocate
Class Actions Now Flowing From FTC and DOJ's No-Poach Enforcement
By Tyson Y. Herrold, Carl W. Hittinger
May 15, 2018
Partner Carl Hittinger and Associate Tyson Herrold authored an article published by The Legal Intelligencer on May 5, 2018. The article, “Class Actions Now Flowing from FTC and DOJ’s No-Poach Enforcement,” discusses the increase of class...
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Antitrust Advocate
DOJ Now Targeting HR Professionals for Criminal Antitrust Violations
By Tyson Y. Herrold, Carl W. Hittinger
April 9, 2018
Partner Carl Hittinger and Associate Tyson Herrold authored an article published by The Legal Intelligencer on March 30, 2018. The article, “DOJ Now Targeting HR Professionals for Criminal Antitrust Violations,” examines the Department of...
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