W.R. Grace & Co., Dearborn Division--Conn. v. Pierre Mouyal, Omnikem, Inc.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This diversity case involves the enforceability of a no-solicitation clause. In connection with his employment with plaintiff-appellant Dearborn Division of W.R. Grace & Co. — Conn. (“Dearborn”), defendant-ap-pellee Pierre Mouyal signed an employment contract containing a no-solicitation clause. For the eighteen-month period following Mouyal’s employment at Dearborn, the clause prohibited Mouyal from soliciting the Dearborn customers or prospects that he had contacted while employed at Dear-born. After leaving Dearborn, Mouyal joined a competing company and allegedly…