California AG, SAG Appeal Injunction Of IMDb Age Discrimination Law To 9th Circuit

Mealey's (October 2, 2018, 8:15 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a pair of Sept. 27 appellant briefs to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra and the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG) support the constitutionality of a California law requiring the operator of the Internet Movie Database to remove subjects’ age information upon request, arguing that the statute is a valid enforcement of contractual agreements and is intended to combat age discrimination (IMDb.com Inc. v. Xavier Becerra, et al., Nos. 18-15463 and 18-15469, 9th Cir.)....