Ipsos-Insight, LLC v. Gessel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- X : IPSOS-INSIGHT, LLC, : : Plaintiff, : : 21-CV-3992 (JMF) -v- : : OPINION AND ORDER JACOB GESSEL, : : Defendant. : : ---------------------------------------------------------------------- X JESSE M. FURMAN, United States District Judge: This case appears to present an issue of first impression: whether, under New York law, a non-compete agreement between a company and one of its in-house lawyers that restricts the lawyer’s ability to work post-employment is per…