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9th Cir. Invalidates Oregon's Ban on Surreptitious Recordings of Conversations

From Project Veritas v. Schmidt, decided Monday by a Ninth Circuit panel in an opinion by Judge Sandra Ikuta, joined by Judge Carlos Bea: Oregon law generally prohibits unannounced recordings of conversations, subject to several exceptions [including for recordings of law enforcement and for recording various crimes that endanger human…

Reason · Jul 5, 2023

9th Circuit sides with employers in dispute over California law barring forced arbitration

A California law barring employers from requiring their employees to resolve serious workplace complaints in private runs afoul of federal law, a federal appellate court ruled Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2023

The First Amendment and Sexual Orientation "Conversion Therapy"—Next Stop, the Supreme Court?

From Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain's opinion respecting rehearing en banc released today (and joined by Judges Sandra Ikuta, Ryan Nelson, and Lawrence VanDyke) in Tingley v. Ferguson: Is therapeutic speech speech? Does a tradition of licensing a given profession override all First Amendment limits on licensing requirements? The three-judge panel answered…

Reason · Jan 23, 2023

Total COVID-Related Closure of Trial and Suppression Hearing (With Public Audio But Not Video) Was Unconstitutional

From today's opinion in U.S. v. Allen, written by Judge Sandra Ikuta and joined by Judge Lawrence VanDyke and Tenth Circuit Judge Carlos Lucero; seems generally right to me: At the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the district court here prohibited members of the public from attending the…

Reason · May 16, 2022