Trey Ferguson

Trey is a current law student at Campbell University's School of Law, where he is a teaching scholar for the first-year writing course and a member of the Campbell Law Review. As a former high school math teacher, Trey is a self-admitted math nerd. Follow him on Twitter or connect with him on LinkedIn.

Five major changes to California’s privacy law your business should know about

By / August 17, 2021

Last election day, Californians approved Proposition 24–adopting the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) to expand the state’s existing privacy law, the CCPA.  Besides establishing a new enforcement agency and making it harder for state lawmakers to restrict state privacy law beyond the CPRA’s minimum standards, the new law makes substantial changes to California’s privacy regime. …

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Legislative Update: AB 2257 is now California law – now what?

By / September 29, 2020

Eight months after the enactment of AB 5, California’s Employee Classification law, employers are once again having to re-evaluate the status of their California employees. Earlier this month, California’s Governor signed AB 2257 into law, which carves out additional exceptions for industry freelancers.  Background on AB 5 & AB 2257  AB 5, or the “gig …

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What California Employers Need to Know about Newly Classified Employees, Part 2

By / September 1, 2020

This post and the previous post outline the employers’ responsibilities to new employees under California state law as this year, California employers are finding themselves having to treat former independent contractors as employees. This not only applies to employers physically operating in California but also any employer who has workers located in the state. (1) Provide …

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What California Employers Need to Know about Newly Classified Employees

By / September 2, 2020

In the aftermath of the 2018 Dynamex decision and its subsequent codification in AB5 (the “gig workers bill”), California employers are finding themselves having to treat former independent contractors as employees under California state law. This not only applies to employers physically operating in California but also any employer who has workers located in the …

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The ABCs of AB5

By / August 19, 2020

Earlier this month, a California judge ordered Lyft and Uber to reclassify their workers while the litigation over the companies’ compliance with Assembly Bill No. 5 (AB5), A.K.A. “the gig workers bill,” continues. The order comes after more than a year of Lyft and Uber refusing to classify their drivers as employees under the new …

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The EU’s high court just demolished the EU-US Privacy Shield…now what?

By / August 3, 2020

Last month, in what may seem like a deja vu moment from 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) surprisingly struck down the EU-US Privacy Shield.  The Privacy Shield was the legal mechanism that more than 5,300 organizations used to transfer personal data between the EU and the US. Of the companies …

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Save the Date for July 31st: Enabling Ad-Tech Features to Ensure CCPA Compliance

By / July 22, 2020

Since July 1st, some California consumers have eagerly begun enforcing their newly created privacy rights through class-action lawsuits aimed at companies consumers believe to have mishandled their data.  Just last week, a consumer sued Walmart, alleging a lack of necessary security standards to protect the consumer’s credit card data during a recent security breach – …

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Non-Competes & Non-Soliciations: What’s the Difference?

By / May 27, 2020

When building a successful games business, developers often seek protection from unwanted competition by asking employees to sign a non-compete or non-solicitation agreement as a condition of the individual’s employment. What’s the difference, and what’s the likelihood of a court enforcing those agreements? Non-Competes are tough to enforce–which is why they need to be carefully …

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