Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Dean, former and former professor NYIT and UT Dallas and Expert Witness - Reports on The Lawsuits against Union Carbide (US) and British Petroleum (UK)

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor, and expert witness, Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on the two similar lawsuits but with dramatically different adjudications.

Two industrial disasters have brought two different outcomes in the US courts.

First, let us review the Clean Water Act lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice and others against British Petroleum (BP) for liabilities in the explosion of Deepwater Horizon and massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010.

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Reports on the Question Is Harsh Criticism of a Commission Headed by an Indian Supreme Court Justice a Reasonable Basis for Contempt Lawsuit against the Critic?

Dr Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Former Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor and expert witness and Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on the Indian Supreme Court Holding on Contempt Lawsuit.

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram – Reports on Expert Witness Testimony in a False Claims Act/ qui tam Lawsuit

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Former Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on his expert witness testimony in a False Claims Act/qui tam lawsuit based upon my expert witness testimony, the US government decided to intervene in a qui tam lawsuit against two private educational entities.

The background to the lawsuit is as follows. Two educational entities had collaborated and designed an on-line educational program. According to the complaint, the institutes were purportedly offering degrees without completion of the requisite requirements, employing unqualified faculty and using inadequate facilities. The on-line educational program was also purportedly engaged in commissions-based student recruitment process.

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Reports on the Vote to Authorize Lawsuit against President Barack Obama

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Former Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on the vote by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 30, 2014 authorizing a lawsuit against President Barack Obama. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

In a somewhat historic but also development, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on June 30, 2014 to authorize Speaker John Boehner to file a lawsuit against President Obama for his abuse of authority. The vote was completely partisan – all the Republicans except five of them voting to authorize such a lawsuit and all the democrats voting against such a plan. So, it will essentially be Republicans suing President Obama, not so much the U.S. House of Representatives. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Reports on Interpretation of Agreements and Statutes

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Former Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on important US Supreme Court decisions on interpretation of agreements and statutes. Here is an executive summary of these decisions.Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

Ruling in several lawsuits, the Supreme Court has held in its very recent decisionsthe words of any agreement or statute must be interpreted based upon their ordinary (dictionary) meaning, to give them effect. See Law v. Siegel, 134 S.Ct. 1188, 1195 (2014); Sandifer v. United States Steel Corp., 134 S.Ct. 870, 876-877 (2014). Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Reports on Important US Supreme Court Decisions on Public Policy Matters Issued in 2014

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram – Former Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on three important US Supreme Court decisions on social policy matters issued in 2014. Here is an executive summary of these decisions.  Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

On Religious Freedom, Town of Greece v. Galloway Gurumurthy Kalyanaram NYIT


Galloway and several other residents filed a lawsuit complaining that his freedom of religious expression was violated by his town, Greece in New York, because the town board regularly began its meetings with a Christian-faith based prayer. The Court ruled in favor of the town holding that town boards may start their meetings with sectarian prayers, and do not have to make undue efforts to represent all the faiths. The Court held that the First Amendment was not violated.   This Court’s ruling is similar to the 1983 holding that Nebraska Legislature’s practice of starting its sessions with a prayer, saying the practice was “deeply embedded in the history and tradition of this country.” Gurumurthy Kalyanaram UT Dallas

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Reports on Criminal Justice System in India and US

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Former Dean & Former NYIT and UT Dallas professor - With regard to civil disputes, individuals file lawsuits against each other and the courts adjudicate the dispute.  The procedure is the same all over the world, except that in US the dispute is resolved by a jury of peers and in India it is done by a judge. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

With regard to criminal complaints, individuals cannot files lawsuits.  The jurisdiction lies with the State.  Individuals can file a complaint or a report, and the State will decide whether to file a criminal complaint/lawsuit or not against an individual or a group or an organization.That’s so, be it US or India.

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