Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Dean, Expert Witness and Former Professor NYIT and UT Dallas – Reports on Expert Witness in Litigation

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Dean, Expert Witness and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on the need and status of expert witness in lawsuits (litigation).

Experts provide important inputs in arbitrations and litigations (lawsuits). Their input/counsel gives the fact-finder an objective rendition of the facts and assessment of those facts, and facilitates fair adjudication of the dispute/lawsuit.

Without an appropriate expert litigation (lawsuit) can flounder. In a decision in July 2014, Honorable Judge Laura Taylor Swain dismissed the class-action (Celebrex and Bextra) lawsuit against Pfizer because, “Plaintiffs' failure to proffer admissible loss causation and damages evidence is fatal to plaintiffs' claims" after the defendant admitted "without a damages expert a securities fraud trial can't be tried.”

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram – Reports on the Bhopal Tragedy Lawsuit against Union Carbide (US)

Dr Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Former Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor, and expert witness, Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on the Bhopal Tragedy lawsuit against Union Carbide (US).

A lawsuit filed by Earth Rights International in the U.S. District Court against Union Carbide (US) for the Bhopal Gas Tragedy was recently dismissed by Justice John Keenan. I am familiar with John Keenan’s decisions – he is generally inclined to grant motions for summary judgment unless the plaintiff in the lawsuit can show robust evidence of dispute of fact(s). Justice Keenan’s threshold is high. He has been a senior judge since mid-1990s.

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram – Dean, Expert Witness and Former Professor NYIT and UT Dallas

Reports on Expert Witness Testimony in Litigation between Two Telecom Companies

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Former Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on his recent expert witness testimony in a lawsuit filed by a start-up telecom firm against a China-based telecom firm.

The background to the lawsuit is as follows.  A start-up telecom company based in US got a license in 2004 to operate in Liberia. The license was for the entire suite of telecom services.  As part of its launch preparation, the start-up explored a collaborative with a China-based telecom company to supply hardware.  The two telecom companies engaged in substantial conversation, and the both signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement.

The University of Texas at Dallas, UT Dallas - Dr. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, Professor, Director, COHORT MBA Program, Director of MASTERS’ Programs, Department Chair, and Director, External Relations

Dr Gurumurthy Kalyanaram was a tenured professor at The University of Texas at Dallas.  He served at UT Dallas from 1988 to 2001. During his tenure at the University of Texas, he was Chairman of the Department of Marketing, Senior Director of the Master’s Programs, Founding Director of the Cohort MBA Program, Chair of the Master’s Program Committee, and Faculty Liaison for External Affairs.