Project Veritas, et al v. Michael Schmidt, et al

  1. January 07, 2025

    9th Circ. Upholds Ore. Ban On Secret Audio Recordings

    A split en banc Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld as constitutional an Oregon law prohibiting secret audio recordings of people's conversations, ruling in a published opinion that the statute was narrowly tailored to Oregon's significant interest in ensuring its residents know when their conversations are recorded, even in public.

  2. June 25, 2024

    Project Veritas Rips Ore. Recording Ban At En Banc 9th Circ.

    Project Veritas urged an en banc Ninth Circuit panel Tuesday to find that Oregon's decades-old statute that makes it a felony to secretly record people in public places violates the First Amendment, arguing the "dangerous" statute deters investigative journalism as "one of the broadest recording laws in the nation."

  3. July 03, 2023

    Split 9th Circ. Invalidates Oregon's Ban On Secret Recordings

    A split Ninth Circuit panel sided with Project Veritas Monday and found Oregon's decades-old wiretapping statute making it a felony to secretly record people in public places violates the First Amendment, while a dissenting judge slammed the majority's opinion for potentially opening the door for "massive and ongoing invasions of privacy."

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