Sanctions, Discovery Requests Denied In Dispute Over ‘Defective’ COVID Tests

( August 19, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge denied both parties’ requests for sanctions and affirmed a magistrate judge’s order denying the parties’ discovery requests in a breach of contract suit against a COVID-19 test manufacturer and supplier over alleged defective tests, finding that the magistrate judge correctly denied reopening discovery and that sanctions were not merited....