Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
Among the many new California laws going into effect this year is one designed to combat age discrimination.
Assembly Bill 1687 makes it illegal to posting an actor's birth date to a "commercial online entertainment employment service provider."
A.k.a. IMDb.
Yesterday, the popular entertainment website filed a motion asking the court for a temporary injunction to prohibit enforcement of AB 1687. In it, they call the new law "unconstitutional."
The situation raises several legal questions. Take Two put them to Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and professor of law at the UC Irvine School of Law.