A yearlong suspension of civil and matrimonial trials in three New Jersey counties has been lifted now that the shortage of judges in those locations has abated. Civil and matrimonial trials will resume March 4 in Vicinage 13, which consists of Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren counties, Chief Justice Stuart Rabner…

Monsanto won a defense verdict Friday in a Roundup trial in Arkansas, while a Delaware judge declared a mistrial in the state’s first trial over the pesticide, according to Monsanto parent company Bayer. The Arkansas trial, at the Conway Circuit Court, began on Feb. 15 and involved the plaintiff Robert…

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont Friday nominated 22 jurists to serve as Superior Court judges, and one as a family support magistrate, while 35 vacancies remain. The Office of the Governor forwarded the names to the General Assembly for its advice and consent.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacated a district court’s summary judgment order in favor of a disability services organization and parents of disabled children who sought to enjoin the enforcement of an Iowa statute that prohibited mask requirements in school. In a Feb. 27 opinion, Judge Ralph…

A Camden, New Jersey, federal judge dismissed a wrongful-termination claim by a transgender woman who claimed Burlington Stores fired her based on her gender identity. Senior U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman said the plaintiff, Charlize Cunningham, failed to rebut Burlington’s proffered reasons for termination, including frequent lateness and absenteeism.

A newly published opinion of the Appellate Division clarifies when an answer can be amended to assert a marital counterclaim and reminds counsel—and judges—of the time frame for motions for reconsideration when a judgment is interlocutory. In Sadeeshkumar v. Sadeeshkumar, the trial judge had denied the defendant’s motion to assert a counterclaim…