A regional grocery chain and Instagram both have agreed to settle proposed class actions. Another putative class action has been filed, this time against Twitter's owner, X Corp. And in a split decision, the Illinois Supreme Court has declined to rethink its damages-multiplying accrual ruling.

The grocer, New Albertsons, this week agreed to settle a proposed class action involving voiceprints for $1.1 million, a paltry sum compared to other cases brought under Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act.

Voiceprints are more nuanced than are other biometrics and could invite more uncertainty in a courtroom in the form of differing expert assessment of case facts.

An employee of Jewel-Osco, a subsidiary of Albertsons, accused the firm of collecting and storing employee voiceprints without consent. The class is 1,001 people each of whom could be awarded $1,075 if the decision is finalized by a judge, according to trade publication Law360.

Goree v. New Albertsons (case 1:22-cv-01738) began in state court in January 2022 and moved in April to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Division of the state's Northern District. The defendant first moved to dismiss and then moved to put the case in arbitration. Neither effort was successful.

Distribution center workers allegedly used a voice-recognition system, Honeywell's Vocollect Talkman, in their duties.