Entertainment & Sports
Feb. 25, 2017
IMDb wins "early skirmish" in First Amendment fight
A preliminary injunction ordered Wednesday prevents the implementation of an age discrimination law.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
It is "difficult to imagine" how a new law designed to combat age discrimination in Hollywood does not violate the First Amendment, according to District Judge Vince Chhabria, who enjoined implementation of the law this week.
Assembly Bill 1687, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown in September, requires certain entertainment websites to remove the birth dates and ages of entert...
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