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Raising Sextuplets star Bryan Masche has been arrested on charges a dad of six should never be accused of – domestic violence. The 32 year-old Masche was at a family’s home in Arizona when he lost his temper and began to make verbal threats toward his relatives. When local police arrived on the scene, he tacked on another charge by refusing to cooperate with autorities. According to People, Bryan Masche now faces domestic violence, disorderly conduct, and resisting arrest charges....

The premiere of ABC’s summer time reality show “The Glass House” is scheduled for June 18. But that debut could be in jeopardy as “Big Brother” network CBS is seeking to prevent the ABC show from ever airing. That’s because CBS says the ABC show essentially ripped off their idea. In its Glass House lawsuit, CBS asked a judge to block the new show from airing because it allegedly copied key elements from CBS’ Big Brother, The Associate Press report....

A 50 Shades of Grey party actually sounds kind of boring, doesn’t it? Ninety-five percent of your time would be spent brooding, wondering, and hoping that your potential partner would be the right one – or possibly the love of your life – even if he is a little “dangerous.” Four percent of your time would be spent on foreplay. And the last one percent would be spent on conventional sex, with the hint of excitement that something kinky could be coming next....

Technically, no one ever gets arrested for nothing. An arrest must be based on probable cause, and cause can be based on a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing and other evidence articulated by a police officer. But over-zealous officers do exist and the police can make mistakes. Sometimes the mistakes are grave and result in serious injustices, even death. Sometimes the mistake is less extreme, but people still suffer unnecessarily. Innocent people suspected of committing a crime do end up doing jail time....

The U.S. government has filed suit to stop the merger between wireless carriers AT&T and T-Mobile. The AT&T antitrust lawsuit alleges that if the deal goes through, competition would be substantially lessened in the wireless market. AT&T is currently the 2nd largest wireless carrier in the U.S., while T-Mobile is the 4th. The merger would essentially make AT&T the largest wireless carrier, reports Bloomberg. The Justice Department is saying that the merger would result in fewer choices for consumers, lower quality products and higher prices, USA Today reports....

Although the details remain undisclosed, a final settlement has been reached in six of the cases pending against the Boy Scouts of America over the molestation of the plaintiffs when they were Scouts. The settlement brings closure to the cases from Oregon lead by the trial for plaintiff Kerry Lewis. Mr. Lewis and the other plaintiffs were members of the same scout troop in Oregon in the 1980s. Kerry Lewis told reporters he was “glad this is over,” reported the New York Times....

A burglar smashed your living room window to break into your home. While he was in the process of taking your flat screen television off the wall, he steps on your kid’s toy car and falls on his back, spraining it. The TV then falls on his face breaking his nose. To add insult to injury, the burglar is now suing you for his injuries! Can a burglar really sue the homeowner for injuries during a break in?...

We all hate robocalls – those pre-recorded telemarketing calls that always seem to interrupt dinner, which, in my house, is really the third hour of binging “Cake Boss.” But most of us don’t hate them enough to file a lawsuit about it. Lucky for us lazy litigants, there’s a nifty little thing called the class action lawsuit, where one person can file a suit on behalf of all the other people in the same situation, and we can just ride their coattails to a nice little judgment or settlement....

TV talk show host Charlie Rose will pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by unpaid interns. Rose and his production company were sued in a wage and hour class action lawsuit. The interns were reportedly “unpaid summer interns,” which are common in the TV business, and in other industries as well. But the reality is that many of these interns perhaps should be paid, according to the law. Instead of taking the unpaid intern issue to court, Charlie Rose and the interns decided to settle the lawsuit....

The new Clint Eastwood lawsuit is a strange one. The surly actor slash director slash producer is suing Evofurniture and website Inmod.com, accusing the two companies of inappropriately using his “name, identity and persona for the purpose of attracting attention to” their furniture. Yes. Furniture. A post like this would ordinarily be riddled with lame puns, but it seems the copywriters over at Evofurniture have already made adequate use of the actor’s resume....

Anthony Allen, of Portland, Oregon, is suing the city for nearly half a million dollars as a result of a wrongful arrest that happened in May 2015. While this may seem like a big number, keep in mind that not only was this man wrongfully arrested, criminal charges were actually pursued against him. Thankfully, a jury acquitted him on those charges. Wrongful arrest cases can be rather difficult cases to prove....

Stan Lee Media has filed a lawsuit against Disney for copyright infringement but it’s unclear whether that claim will go anywhere. The first amusing fact of this case is that Stan Lee himself is no longer associated with Stan Lee Media. In fact, the comic book legend has been the victim of a lawsuit by the company. The second is that a similar suit by Stan Lee Media filed in New York was dismissed in 2009....

The voice and puppeteer behind “Sesame Street’s” Elmo has resigned from the popular children’s show, a little more than a week after child-sex allegations against him first came to light. Kevin Clash, who was the subject of the documentary film “Being Elmo,” was accused last week of having sex with a Pennsylvania man when the man was 16. Clash denied the allegation, and his accuser recanted the claim one day later, though he has since reverted to his original story, gossip website TMZ reports....

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has settled with the security company LifeLock for $12 million. The FTC alleged that LifeLock made false claims regarding the security from identity theft it could provide to its customers both outside and inside the company. Most of the settlement money, $11 million of it, will be refunded to consumers. The additional $1 million will be shared between the Attorneys General of the 35 states who participated in the suit....

K2 or Spice – commonly known as “fake pot” – is made up of plant materials that are laced with synthetic marijuana compounds. They have become increasingly popular among teens and young adults, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. But is “fake pot” illegal? In many of its compositions, the answer is yes. The DEA recently illegalized the synthetic compounds UR-144, XLR11 and AKB48, which are often seen in “fake pot” products marketed as innocuous “herbal incense” or “potpourri,” reports the Times Record News of Wichita Falls, Texas....

For the second time in two years, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether juvenile life sentences violate the 8th Amendment’s prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment. At issue is whether life without parole is an appropriate sentence for young juveniles whose crimes result in homicide. The Court will hear Miller v. Alabama and Arkansas’ Jackson v. Hobbes, both of which involved 14-year-old defendants. Therefore, the Court’s decision will be limited to defendants aged 14 and younger....

Parents, beware! Those brightly colored, bite-sized laundry pods not only shouldn’t be eaten by your kids, but if your kids play with them, you need to watch out for eye injuries. While most people don’t expect laundry detergent to cause eye burns, those packets of detergent frequently contain stronger chemicals than one might expect. In fact, the detergents are designed to be diluted by water in order to not cause damage to clothing....

The battle between the IRS and Michael Jackson’s estate is heating up. While trial is not set to begin until 2017, the end result could make this a billion dollar case. The dispute centers around the value of Michael Jackson’s likeness rights at the time of his death. The IRS claims that these rights were worth approximately $434 million, while the estate asserts that these were only worth about $2,100....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the recall of acetaminophen caplets manufactured and distributed under various store-brands, because of small metal fragments found in a small number of these caplets. Approximately 11 million bottles containing varying quantities of acetaminophen 500mg caplets are affected by this recall. The recall was initiated voluntarily by Perrigo Company of Allegan, Michigan. According to the FDA, no illnesses or injuries have been reported in connection with this product, and no consumer complaints have been reported to the FDA or Perrigo....

California businessman Young Lee made a name for himself serving frozen yogurt. Now the co-founder of Pinkberry may have to serve prison time, after he was arrested for a brutal attack on a homeless man. Police and FBI agents arrested Lee, 47, at Los Angeles International Airport after he returned from a trip to his native South Korea, Los Angeles’ KNBC-TV reports. Lee is being held in lieu of $60,000 bail....