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Callahan et al v. Ancestry.com Inc. et al

  1. January 20, 2022

    Yearbook Images Are Fair Game, Ancestry.com Tells 9th Circ.

    Ancestry.com has told the Ninth Circuit that a lower court correctly axed a proposed class action that argued the site needed consent to publish school yearbook photos, calling the claims "ill-founded" and saying the individuals behind the suit have no right to restrict access to public information.

  2. February 25, 2021

    Yearbook Suit Against Ancestry.com Needs 'More,' Judge Says

    A California federal judge indicated Thursday she is leaning toward dismissing a lawsuit alleging Ancestry.com used yearbook photos without consent, saying the plaintiffs need to add "something more" to their alleged injuries than accusing the site of profiting from the images.

  3. January 21, 2021

    Ancestry.com 'Misunderstands' Yearbook Photo Ad Suit

    Plaintiffs whose yearbook photos were used in advertisements for Ancestry.com without consent have urged a California federal judge to sustain their proposed class action, arguing that the genealogy service's reasons to dismiss the case stem from a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the claims.

  4. January 05, 2021

    Ancestry.com Looks To Delete Yearbook Photo Privacy Suit

    Ancestry.com urged a California federal judge Monday to toss a proposed class action accusing it of violating people's privacy by making pictures and information from school yearbooks available on its website, saying the claims are "intuitively ill-founded" because the photos are already in the public domain.