Taline Sahakian

Taline Sahakian is a partner in the New York office of Constantine Cannon. Ms. Sahakian joined the firm in December 2007 and concentrates her practice on antitrust litigation and counseling as well as and general commercial litigation, counseling and arbitration.  Ms. Sahakian also represents whistleblowers in the government contracting and payments sectors. 

Ms. Sahakian has been identified as one of the 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers in the area of antitrust by Lawdragon for the years 2022-2024.

Ms. Sahakian’s notable experiences include:

• Representing over 60 of the nation’s largest corporations as plaintiffs bringing multi-billion-dollar antitrust claims against payment card networks and issuing banks.  Ms. Sahakian worked with clients on every aspect of the case from document discovery to taking and defending depositions of executives, expert disclosures and summary judgment.  The Constantine Cannon team successfully defended against a multitude of summary judgment and Daubert motions and is scheduled to go to trial in October 2025.
• Representing clients in advocacy before regulators by preparing white based on economic and legal analyses of anti-competitive harm in various markets.
• Representing a company in a high-stakes antitrust case involving mobile phone technologies and allegations of conspiracy involving international standard setting organizations.
• Representing a network broadcasting company in an antitrust case involving the monopolization of a market related to local television broadcasting.
• Representing a marketing company in an antitrust action brought by its competitor through trial in state court.
• Representing a golf course design company in litigation and arbitration related to contractual disputes and involving non-compete agreements.
• Representing former state attorneys-general in submitting an amicus brief in a high-profile antitrust case involving Facebook/Meta.
• Representing clients in response to subpoenas and civil investigative demands by governmental authorities.
• Advising clients on antitrust matters related to distribution and sales policies, and conducting antitrust compliance trainings for executives.

Ms. Sahakian has tried cases in arbitration proceedings before the International Center for Dispute Resolution and the American Arbitration Association.  She has received mediation training from the American Arbitration Association.

Ms. Sahakian has served as co-chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Antitrust Section’s Class Action Committee.  She is a member of the Federal Bar Council’s Program Committee where she has organized and spoken on panels related to antitrust law.

Prior to joining Constantine Cannon, Ms. Sahakian worked for several years in the antitrust and litigation departments of McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Montreal, Canada, where she was involved in defending companies in the context of governmental investigations relating to allegations of competition law violations, preparing competition filings for mergers and acquisitions and defending clients in various civil litigation cases.

She is a member of the Board of Governors of the Armenian Bar Association and a past Chair of the organization. As part of her pro bono work for the Armenian Bar Association, Taline is a member of the Bar’s Working Group on the safeguarding of Armenian cultural and religious heritage and has conducted research and written reports on issues related to cultural preservation.

Ms. Sahakian earned a B.C.L. and LL.B. from McGill University’s Faculty of Law in 2003 and is admitted to practice in New York.

She is fluent in French and Armenian.

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