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2 United States Court of Appeals 3 for the Second Circuit 4 5 August Term, 2021 6 7 (Argued: October 25, 2021 Decided: January 25, 2022) 8 9 Docket No. 21-870 10 _____________________________________ 11 12 JLM COUTURE, INC., 13 Plaintiff-Appellee, 14 15 v. 16 17 HAYLEY PAIGE GUTMAN, 18 Defendant-Appellant. * 19 _____________________________________ 20 Before: 21 22 NEWMAN, LYNCH, and PARK, Circuit Judges. 23 24 Hayley Paige Gutman, a bridal designer and social media influencer, 25 appeals from a preliminary injunction (“PI”) entered by the United States District 26 Court for the Southern District of New York (Swain, J.). The PI, based in part on a 27 2011 employment agreement between Gutman and bridal