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The heated patent war between Apple and Samsung has found a new battlefield: Japan.

Apple is now seeking to ban sales of Samsung-based devices in Japan.

HTC Corp has extended its lawsuit against Apple Inc to include nine more patents the Taiwanese firm acquired from Google Inc last week, underscoring intensifying legal actions between the Google camp and Apple.

Toyota Motor Corp is battling with plaintiffs' lawyers over how many vehicle owners the company can interview ahead of a potential trial over sudden unintended acceleration claims.

HTC filed infringement claims with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against Apple on Wednesday using patents it got from Google last week.

In an order signed on Monday, Judge Ellen S. Huvelle of the United States District Court in Washington, has asked the Justice Department, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, to file the joint plan by the due date and has ordered that the parties shall be prepared to discuss the prospects for settlement at a Sept. 21 status conference, according to reports.

Family is suing their daughter’s old school for inadequately protecting women.

The SEC announced on Wednesday that its schools had voted to accept Texas A&M, but couldn't officially accept the school until an unnamed Big 12 school dropped a pending lawsuit against the conference.

General Electric Co said it would vigorously contest a lawsuit by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which said the conglomerate's former WMC unit made inaccurate statements about the sale of two residential mortgage-backed securities.

The SEC officially voted to accept Texas A&M into its conference on Wednesday, but cannot officially accept the school until a fellow Big 12 school drops a lawsuit against the conference.

In yet another lawsuit against AT&T and T-Mobile, Sprint filed Tuesday its own in an attempt to block AT&T from acquiring T-Mobile.

In an unprecedented court order, a 51-year-old Frenchman was ordered to pay 10,000 euros to compensate his wife for the lack of sex over 21 years of their marriage.

A lawyer targeted by California's attorney general for allegedly defrauding homeowners has responded with multiple lawsuits against the state, according to a press release.

Sprint Nextel filed its own lawsuit on Tuesday in an effort to derail a $39 billion deal that could have ATT&T take over T-Mobile. Sprint believes the merger could harm consumers and stifle competition.

The Arizona Department of Corrections has instituted a one-time $25 fee for visitors fee in order to raise money for prison renewal and maintenance.

Sprint argues that the proposed takeover would harm retail consumers and corporate customers by causing higher prices and less innovation.

Solyndra LLC, a solar panel maker that received $535 million in federal loan guarantees, filed for bankruptcy, the third U.S. solar firm to succumb to pressure from Chinese rivals in recent weeks.

JPMorgan Chase & Co, the second largest U.S. bank by assets, led a broader decline in bank share prices, as investors feared lenders face a growing list of lawsuits due to problem mortgages.

Bachmann, who has sparred with Hoffa before, has referred to him as a “notorious union boss and Obama advisor.

Wall Street stock futures pointed to a lower open for equities on Tuesday on renewed fears the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis is worsening, with shares seen tracking a slump in European stocks on Monday when the U.S. market was closed.

European stocks got hammered on Monday and the euro tumbled as well, as investors moved into safe assets. Rising fears over Europe's sovereign debt crisis and economic growth concerns in Europe and the U.S. is driving the move away from equities. The yield on the benchmark 10-year German government bond fell to well below two percent -- a new record. The Stoxx Europe 600 index fell 4.1 percent Monday, closing at 223.45.