Ashley R. Fickel

Ashley R. Fickel has significant experience handling a variety of complex litigation from inception through trial. Mr. Fickel has significant trial experience, including experience in cases ranging from complex business disputes to catastrophic injuries. He has also served a meaningful role in the development of legal strategy for a number of national and international corporations. As a result of Mr. Fickel’s professional achievements, he has been recognized on several occasions as a California “Rising Star” by Law & Politics in the area of litigation.

Firm/Organization: Dykema

Blogs: NextGen Financial Services Report, The Firewall, The Open Road Automotive Law Blog

Latest Articles

NextGen Financial Services Report

Trend Analysis: Rise in Automotive Repossession Class Actions

By Ashley R. Fickel

October 24, 2019

With the growth of the automotive loan market, which just this month has been the subject of examination by national publications such as the Wall Street Journal, has come a corresponding rise in auto loan delinquencies. For automotive finance companies, auto repossessions represent a risk for affirmative claims by consumers both on an individual and, more significantly, on a class basis. Recently, there has been an uptick in class actions against automotive finance companies…

The Open Road Automotive Law Blog

Trend Analysis: Rise in Automotive Repossession Class Actions

By Ashley R. Fickel

October 24, 2019

The Firewall

The Regs are In! California’s Attorney General Releases the Long Awaited CCPA Regulations

By Cinthia Granados Motley, Ashley S.A. Jackson & Ashley R. Fickel

October 11, 2019

As businesses and privacy professionals were holding their breath awaiting the California Governor’s signature on pending amendments to the much anticipated California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), California’s Attorney General took the spotlight yesterday by releasing the similarly anticipated CCPA Regulations, Cal. Code Regs. tit. 11, .§999.300, et seq. (“Regulations”). Since the passage of the CCPA in June 2018, the regulations to accompany the CCPA have been touted as “guidance” on how to comply with the…

The Firewall

California Legislative Sessions Closes and Brings Finality to CCPA Amendments for Now

By Ashley R. Fickel

September 17, 2019

After a busy year of legislative activity that brought forth many proposed amendments to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Governor Gavin Newsom will be presented with six bills that will alter and/or clarify the scope of the CCPA. He is expected to sign all of them into law in October. Employee Data: The original version of the CCPA did not contain an exemption for employees’ personal information. Assembly Bill 25 brings needed clarity to…

The Firewall

February 27, 2019, CCPA Webinar Q&As: Private Claims Under the CCPA

By Lukas Sosnicki & Ashley R. Fickel

July 26, 2019

This blog post is the third in a series of Q&A posts following Dykema’s February 27, 2019 webinar on the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). The statute takes effect on January 1, 2020–which is less than six months away. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have a unique question or would like to discuss in detail how the CCPA may apply to you. You may see our first and second posts…

The Firewall

New York Data-Privacy Proposal More Stringent than California’s CCPA

By Lukas Sosnicki & Ashley R. Fickel

July 1, 2019

Over the last few months, we have been presenting and reporting on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the county’s first comprehensive state law designed to give consumers significant control over the personal data that companies collect. Not to be outdone, New York is working on data privacy legislation that imposes even heavier burdens on companies that collect consumer information. The proposed New York Privacy Act (NYPA), Senate Bill S5642, sponsored by Democrat Kevin Thomas,…

The Firewall

CCPA Watch: Proposed Sweeping Overhaul Withdrawn, Three Amendments Providing Key Clarifications Remain Pending

By Ashley R. Fickel & Lukas Sosnicki

May 8, 2019

April was another busy month for legislative activity on the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), following a very busy February [see our prior post here]. A proposed sweeping revision to the CCPA, AB 1760, was withdrawn, while three key amendments, AB 25, AB 873, and AB 874, are up for a floor vote. Meanwhile, SB 561, which greatly expands the private right of action under the CCPA, is now in the Senate Appropriations…

The Firewall

February 27, 2019 CCPA Webinar Q&As: Third-Parties & Due Diligence

By Ashley S.A. Jackson, Ashley R. Fickel & Lukas Sosnicki

April 12, 2019

This blog post is the second in a series of Q&A posts following Dykema’s February 27, 2019 webinar on the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). We received questions both before and during the webinar, and over the coming weeks we will be posting our responses. We will answer the most commonly-asked questions first, so please stay tuned if you don’t see your question in our first few posts. And, of course, please feel free to…

The Firewall

February 27, 2019 CCPA Webinar Q&As: Out-of-State, B2B, and GLBA-Covered Businesses

By Ashley R. Fickel, Lukas Sosnicki & Ashley S.A. Jackson

March 19, 2019

This blog post is the first in a series of Q&A posts following Dykema’s February 27, 2019 webinar on the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). We received questions both before and during the webinar, and over the coming weeks we will be posting our responses. We will answer the most commonly-asked questions first, so please stay tuned if you don’t see your question in the first one or two posts. And, of course, please feel…

The Firewall

CCPA Watch – February Marked by Heavy Legislative Activity, Proposal to Expand Private Right of Action under the CCPA

By Ashley R. Fickel & Lukas Sosnicki

March 4, 2019

February was a busy month for those monitoring the latest developments with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). After the month kicked off with a series of California Attorney General Informational Sessions, the California State Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee conducted a hearing with testimony from interested parties, including Alastair Mactaggart (the architect of the initiative that led to the enactment of the CCPA), representatives from the California Attorney General’s Office, public interest…

Ashley R. Fickel

Trend Analysis: Rise in Automotive Repossession Class Actions

Trend Analysis: Rise in Automotive Repossession Class Actions

The Regs are In! California’s Attorney General Releases the Long Awaited CCPA Regulations

California Legislative Sessions Closes and Brings Finality to CCPA Amendments for Now

February 27, 2019, CCPA Webinar Q&As: Private Claims Under the CCPA

New York Data-Privacy Proposal More Stringent than California’s CCPA

CCPA Watch: Proposed Sweeping Overhaul Withdrawn, Three Amendments Providing Key Clarifications Remain Pending

February 27, 2019 CCPA Webinar Q&As: Third-Parties & Due Diligence

February 27, 2019 CCPA Webinar Q&As: Out-of-State, B2B, and GLBA-Covered Businesses

CCPA Watch – February Marked by Heavy Legislative Activity, Proposal to Expand Private Right of Action under the CCPA

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