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IMDb.com, Inc. v. Becerra

  1. February 20, 2018

    Calif. Actor-Age Law Is Unconstitutional, Judge Says

    A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a California law requiring IMDb to remove an actor's age information upon request, an effort to fight age discrimination, was "clearly unconstitutional."

  2. October 26, 2017

    SAG, IMDb Spar Over Law Against Posting Actors' Ages

    The Screen Actors Guild and IMDb sparred before a California federal judge Thursday over whether a new state law that would prevent the film and television directory website from listing actors' ages is unconstitutional, with SAG arguing such information is commercial speech that's not protected by the First Amendment.

  3. August 25, 2017

    Calif. Says IMDb Age Info Not Protected By 1st Amendment

    California’s attorney general told a federal court judge on Thursday that IMDb’s inclusion of actors’ ages on its site is not protected by the First Amendment, with the Screen Actors Guild joining his push to deny the website a quick win in its suit over legislation meant to combat age-discrimination.

  4. June 28, 2017

    Calif. AG's Discovery Bid In IMDb Suit Draws Judge's Rebuke

    A California federal judge slammed the state attorney general's bid for discovery in the government's defense of a state law that would ban IMDb from publishing actors' ages, blasting the requests as "disturbing" against the backdrop of First Amendment concerns brought up by the case.

  5. February 22, 2017

    Judge Blocks Calif. Law Against Disclosure Of Actors' Ages

    A California federal judge Wednesday stopped enforcement of a new California law preventing online entertainment industry databases such as IMDb from including actors' ages on their sites, saying the statute violates constitutional free speech protections and doesn't address its stated goal of preventing age discrimination.

  6. February 16, 2017

    Calif. Judge Calls Law On Actors' Ages A Free Speech Threat

    A California federal judge sided with IMDb.com in a hearing Thursday over a state law forcing the website to remove actors' ages on request, saying the law appeared to violate constitutional free speech protections so clearly that he didn't even need to hear IMDb's arguments for a stay.

  7. January 20, 2017

    Calif. AG Says Actor-Age Law No 1st Amendment Threat

    A California privacy law aimed at keeping online entertainment industry employment services from listing film industry workers' ages doesn't violate IMDb.com Inc.'s free speech rights, in part because it's a law about contracts, the state attorney general's office argued Thursday.

  8. January 06, 2017

    IMDb Seeks To Bar Calif. AG From Enforcing Privacy Law

    Online movie database IMDb.com asked a California federal judge Thursday to keep the state's attorney general from enforcing a law that requires online entertainment employment boards to remove the ages of film industry people from profiles, saying its constitutional rights will be violated unless the court intervenes.