A feud that dated back to 2002, when a team of executives and engineers left Motorola to start Lemko, ended Tuesday with the companies’ announcement that they have settled all pending litigation. Before its resolution, the IP dispute had grown to include allegations of racial profiling and corporate espionage.

Volkswagen’s CEO said Monday that a proposed merger with fellow German automaker Porsche isn’t possible due to legal obstacles and tax issues that have cropped up since the companies announced merger plans in 2009. Volkswagen plans to explore alternative approaches to completing the tie-up.

AT&T has agreed to pay TiVo $215 million to settle two patent infringement suits over digital video recording technology after the companies entered into a patent licensing arrangement. A trial over TiVo’s infringement claims was scheduled to begin in the Eastern District of Texas on Jan. 9.

In what plaintiffs lawyers described as a watershed ruling in litigation against the agrochemical company Syngenta, a federal judge has ruled that Swiss parent company Syngenta AG must stand alongside its American subsidiary to face claims that the companies fouled water supplies across the Midwest.

After months spent investigating Chinese companies that trade on U.S. exchanges, is the SEC finally ready to take the companies to court? Two companies have disclosed receiving Wells notices from the SEC, and the agency sued the Shanghai arm of Deloitte to enforce a subpoena in one of its probes.