In particular, COCA decided that the mere “indirect” erasure of the debauchery ban agreement did not make the debauchery ban agreement applicable. The court argued that, since the agreement, as written, would prohibit the company from advertising to clients with whom she worked at Acosta, but were not current customers and had not been for some time, it was not limited to preventing the acquisition of “established customers”. A: A non-competition clause in its most basic form is a contract that prohibits a former worker from obtaining employment with certain potential employers. As a general rule, a non-competition clause prohibits a former employee from working for a potential employer offering the same services or products similar to those of the former employer. These restrictions on future employment usually have time (e.g.B.