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Full Text Expert Fees Ruled Part of Prevailing Atto= rneys' Fees in Disabilities Case New York Law Journal Expert fees can be c= onsidered part of prevailing attorneys' fees in an action under the federal= Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a federal judge in New= York ruled. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon relied on the legislative = history behind IDEA when awarding the fees, which were sought by lawyers wh= o helped force a settlement in a case challenging how New York educates aut= istic children. Full Text 9th Circuit in the Strike Zone The Recorder E= ven as California Attorney General Bill Lockyer vows to appeal a 9th U.S. C= ircuit Court of Appeals decision overturning the state's Three Strikes sent= encing law as cruel and unusual, 9th Circuit judges have scheduled a pair o= f cases that may extend the ruling. University of Southern California Law P= rofessor Erwin Chemerinsky says he will argue the new cases, both scheduled= for Dec. 12. Full Text Malpractice Claim Can't Be Based on Anticipate= d Legal Error, New Jersey Court Rules New Jersey Law Journal Is it malprac= tice to abandon a losing argument when doggedness could lead to a juicy set= tlement? A New Jersey appeals court says it's not. "Plainly, it would be ba= d public policy if a malpractice claim could be predicated on an anticipate= d legal error," the court said. The plaintiff had sued a Hackensack firm fo= r not arguing to have his product liability case tried under New Jersey law= . Full Text 9th Circuit Judge's Kid Makes Federal Case out of Jaywalkin= g Ticket The Recorder Challenging the status quo must run in the family. Y= ale Kozinski, the son of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozin= ski, recently took a fight over a jaywalking ticket all the way to the U.S.= Supreme Court. The 19-year-old challenged the California courts' practice = of having Superior Court judges double as prosecutors when people contest t= heir tickets. 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