In local courts, the 10th Circuit held that the precedent set in the Fourth Amendment case Franks v. Delaware can apply to off-duty police officers. Plus this week, the appeals court concluded that when two independent contractors are working with each other and not for one another, the damage limits imposed by Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Act don’t apply.
Nationally, the federal judiciary published its annual report, highlighting its current $9.02 billion budget request from Congress ahead of the expiration of a funding stopgap later this week.
Meanwhile at the state capitol, Colorado’s House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would establish a right to trial for defendants in eviction cases. A bipartisan bill adding 15 judgeships, down from an initially proposed 29, passed its second-to-last legislative step before the governor’s desk on March 12. Plus, two Colorado lawmakers brought forth a measure to create a state-level whistleblower protection for workers building artificial intelligence models. And Law Week highlighted two labor and employment bills to watch out for this session.
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