Tinny's practice encompasses a variety of antitrust and competition matters including antitrust compliance, merger review, civil litigation, and government investigations. Tinny also assists clients with regulatory reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) assessing the national security implications of foreign investment transactions.
Prior to joining Mintz, Tinny was an associate in the antitrust practice of a nationally recognized class action and litigation law firm in New York, where he represented clients in litigation involving price-fixing, benchmark and commodities manipulation, pay-for-delay, market allocation, and unlawful monopolization.
He is a member of the ABA Antitrust Section’s Health Care & Pharmaceutical Committee and serves as an editor for the committee’s Health Care Antitrust Week-in-Review.
During law school, Tinny was a research assistant at the Global Antitrust Institute in Arlington, Virginia and served as the associate articles editor for the George Mason Law Review. Tinny also attended “Competition Law in Brazil: Challenges and Perspectives” in Brasilia, Brazil where he studied Brazilian competition law and policy.
Education
- George Mason University (JD)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (BA)
Involvement
- Member, Health Care & Pharmaceutical Committee, Antitrust Section, American Bar Association (2018 - Present)
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association (2020-present)
Recent Insights
Viewpoints
Vet Clinic FTC Settlement Puts Private Equity On Notice
June 17, 2022 |Blog
DOJ Loses Two Criminal Antitrust Labor Trials, Stymied by (Lack of) Evidence
April 19, 2022 |Blog
News & Press
Mintz Member and Co-chair of the firm's Antitrust Practice Joseph Miller and Associate Tinny Song co-authored a Lexis Nexis Practical Guidance Practice Note summarizing the latest developments in antitrust law relating to two-sided platforms.
Viewpoints
DOJ and FTC Virtual Workshop: Agencies Discuss Novel Approaches to Address Competition Issues in Pharmaceutical Mergers
June 23, 2022 | Blog | By Evelyn French, Tinny Song
Vet Clinic FTC Settlement Puts Private Equity On Notice
June 17, 2022 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Tinny Song
DOJ Loses Two Criminal Antitrust Labor Trials, Stymied by (Lack of) Evidence
April 19, 2022 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Tinny Song
Last week, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) was handed two losses after federal juries in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado acquitted defendants accused of violating the antitrust laws by fixing wages and conspiring to suppress competition through no-poach agreements, respectively.
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FTC and DOJ to Host Public Forums on Effects of Mergers Ahead of Issuance of New Merger Guidelines
March 22, 2022 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Tinny Song
DOJ and FTC Virtual Workshop: Agencies Discuss Whole-of-Government Approach and New Solutions to Address Competition Issues in Labor Markets
December 10, 2021 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Tinny Song
On December 6 and 7, 2021, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hosted a virtual workshop to discuss competition issues in labor markets and plans to execute President Biden’s Executive Order to address competition issues in our modern economy. The workshop, along with enforcement actions already underway, reinforces that this is a priority area for the Administration; marketplace participants are well advised to review their policies and compliance programs accordingly.
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Stop the Presses: DOJ Sues to Prevent Monopsony Resulting from Penguin Random House Acquisition of Simon & Schuster
November 9, 2021 | Blog | By Joseph Miller, Tinny Song
Antitrust Agencies to Hold Virtual Public Workshop to Promote Competition in Labor Markets
October 29, 2021 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Tinny Song
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) just announced that they will host a virtual workshop on December 6 and 7, 2021, to discuss the agencies’ efforts to promote competition in labor markets and worker mobility.
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Not Cleared for Takeoff: DOJ Sues to Stop American-JetBlue Alliance in the Northeast
September 27, 2021 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Tinny Song
International Coalition of Competition Enforcement Agencies Seek Public Comment to Explore “New or Refreshed” Theories of Competitive Harm Related to Pharmaceutical Mergers
May 13, 2021 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Joseph Miller, Tinny Song
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, an international coalition of competition enforcement agencies including the Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, Offices of State Attorneys General, Canada’s Competition Bureau, the European Commission Directorate General for Competition, and the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority issued a notice seeking public input to inform their approaches to analyzing the competitive effects of pharmaceutical mergers.
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Pass the Salt: DOJ Requires Stone Canyon to Divest Its Evaporated Salt Business to Obtain Merger Clearance
April 22, 2021 | Blog | By Bruce Sokler, Tinny Song
Earlier this week, Stone Canyon Industry Holdings LLC (“Stone Canyon”) and its portfolio company SCIH Salt Holdings Inc. (“SCIH”) reached a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to resolve its investigation of SCIH’s proposed acquisition of Morton Salt Inc. (“Morton”). Under the terms of the settlement agreement, which is subject to Tunney Act review, Stone Canyon and SCIH are required to divest all assets relating to evaporated salt in order to proceed with the Morton acquisition. This settlement agreement is noteworthy in that the divestiture was of the buyer to divest its own assets in order to proceed with the transaction, and the DOJ and the parties reached agreement without a divestiture buyer identified.
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News & Press
Mintz Advises Cybersecurity Firm Edgile in Sale to Wipro
January 12, 2022
Two-Sided Platforms
January 7, 2022
Mintz Member and Co-chair of the firm's Antitrust Practice Joseph Miller and Associate Tinny Song co-authored a Lexis Nexis Practical Guidance Practice Note summarizing the latest developments in antitrust law relating to two-sided platforms.