Tyler Grove is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. As part of the International Trade group, Tyler has experience in investigating and drafting complex voluntary disclosures submitted to the Commerce, State, and Treasury Departments; Commodity Jurisdiction and Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS) requests; U.S. Customs and Border Protection classification requests and duty protests; trade sanctions; and trade remedies and antidumping duty proceedings.
As part of the Litigation group, Tyler has experience in fact investigation and discovery. Specifically, Tyler has assisted with the representation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) as receiver for several failed banks in litigation against the former directors, officers and third-party professionals who served those banks.
Professional Activities
Member, Virginia Bar Association
Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
Recognition
2015 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, sponsored by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Highlighted Publications
Contributor, Consumer Protection Law Developments, 2nd ed., American Bar Association Publishing/Antitrust Section, April 2016
Co-author, "Untangling Common Issues in OFAC's Revised 50 Percent Rule," The Export Practitioner 30, no. 2 (February 2016)
Contributor, 2015 Review of Consumer Protection Law Developments, American Bar Association, 2015
Co-author, "Accept a bank board seat? A verdict from the litigators," Directors and Boards (Third Quarter 2014)
Note, "Are All Prosecutorial Activities Inherently Governmental? Applying State Safeguards for Victim-Retained Private Prosecutions to Outsourced Prosecutions," Public Contract Law Journal 40 (2011): 991
Court Admissions
Supreme Court of Virginia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Federal District Court for the District of Columbia
Highlighted Matters
Counseled major U.S. corporations on a broad variety of export compliance matters involving the Commerce Department, State Department, Treasury Department and Census Bureau:
Prepared complex voluntary disclosures for clients; submitted to the Commerce Department, State Department, Treasury Department and Census Bureau
Drafted requests for advisory opinions filed with the State Department and Census Bureau
Drafted Commodity Jurisdiction and CCATS requests
Drafted Section 764 waiver requests
Advised clients on complicated export licensing matters
Advised a European Union-based company on Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) procedures and national security clearance rules
Advised manufacturers and importers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection requirements; drafted and filed classification requests and duty protests with U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Provided guidance to multinational corporations regarding U.S. and European Union sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine
Assisted with the representation of a major German manufacturer in antidumping proceedings on lightweight thermal paper from Germany
Assisted with litigation of numerous director and officer liability disputes involving banking institutions
Assisted with representation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. regarding investigations into wrongdoing on the part of officers and directors of various closed financial institutions
Pro Bono Matters
Successfully obtained Social Security disability benefits for an indigent individual
Representation of an indigent individual in an eviction matter before Washington, D.C., Landlord Tenant Court
