Gurumurthy Kalyanaram – Reports on the US Supreme Court Decision on the Legality of a New Technology for Transmission

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Former Dean and former NYIT and UT Dallas professor Gurumurthy Kalyanaram reports on the recent important US Supreme Court decision on Aereo’s new technology for transmission of programs. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

ABC and other networks filed a lawsuit, actually an injunction, against Aereo, Inc. (Aereo) which was offering a user-friendly technology and service that allow its subscribers to watch programs that are currently airing on network television or record programs that will air in the future over the Internet. The lower courts refused to enjoin Aereo. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - Reports Onover Reach in Application of Chemical Weapons ACT

Gurumurthy Kalyanaram - This is an interesting case. Carol Bond’s husband was infidel. Based on this fact, Bond could have filed a lawsuit against her husband and/or his mistress, including a divorce petition. There could have been a myriad causes of action – some colorable and others robust – for potential lawsuit by Bond. But, instead, Bond tried to get even with her husband’s mistress, Myrlinda Haynes. She tried to poison her husband’s mistress “by spreading chemicals on (among other things) her doorknob, causing only a minor burn that was easily treated with water.” Bond spread “two toxic chemicals on Haynes's car, mailbox, and door knob in hopes that Haynes would develop an uncomfortable rash.”

Here is where it gets interesting. Instead of treating this as a simple case of assault, the US filed a criminal complaint/lawsuit against Bond under the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 229. Gurumurthy Kalyanaram Lawsuit