The case was a grant-and-hold for a death penalty appeal. When the court unheld the case in October 2022, it limited the issue to: “Does the provision of Penal Code section 1109 governing the bifurcation at trial of gang enhancements from the substantive offense or offenses apply retroactively to cases that are not yet final?”

(Subscription required) U.S. regulators at both the federal and state level need to do more to preserve America's competitive edge in the artificial intelligence race, including taking a nuanced approach to governing the technology on an application-by-application basis, an industry leader told an audience at Stanford University Thursday.

(Subscription required) The murky state of the law about when a government official can block someone from their social media accounts was reinforced Thursday when a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel was dubious about a complaint against a San Francisco County supervisor.

(Subscription required) The Piper case challenged a statute that authorized school districts to exclude Native American children from public schools and compel them to attend federal schools. The court struck down the statute as unconstitutional, but only on the narrow ground that the state could not delegate its educational function to the federal government.