Non-Compete Agreements in Employment contracts still unenforceable in Oklahoma
In Vanguard Environmental Inc. v. Curler, 2008 OK CIV APP 57, the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals held that a contract which restricted a former employee from competing against her employer was unenforceable. The agreement precluded the former employee (Curler) from marketing because such marketing could influence customers of the employer. This clause was unenforceable. Previously, it had been held that restraints on a former employee's dealings with clients of the former employer are unenforceable (except for active solicitation).
The court also found that the ban on client contact was unenforceable, as was the ban on contacts with the employer's suppliers. Summary judgment to the former employee was affirmed.
