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Over the years, Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn has had many brawls with the paparazzi – most notably during the time when he was dating Madonna. His latest altercation however, happened in Brentwood, California where Penn allegedly attacked a photographer and broke his camera, the Los Angeles Times reports. The incident occurred outside the Brentwood Country Mart in October officials said. The incident was captured on video by TMZ celebrity web site....

Claiming that heavy metal from an MRI drug is leading to a debilitating illness, Chuck Norris and his wife Gena are suing seven pharmaceutical and medical diagnostic companies and their subsidiaries for failing to warn Gena or her healthcare providers of the risks of gadolinium. Gadolinium Deposition Disease (GDD) occurs when patients who have been injected with gadolinium-based contrast agents for help in MRI readings later develop persistent symptoms like headaches, bone and joint pain, and clouded mental activity....

Consumer groups and authorities across the country, including New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, are advising families to be on the lookout for a scam targeting grandparents this Thanksgiving. In a press release, Schneiderman asked colleges in the state of New York to help stop the spread of a phone scam known as the “grandparent scam.” The scam typically involves a phone call or an email to a senior citizen in which the scammer pretends to be the victim’s grandchild....

You may not associate spring break with grandparents, but some con artists do. They’re out to target tender-hearted seniors with spring break grandparent scams. The Better Business Bureau and even the U.S. State Department have issued warnings about these scams, which typically begin with a frantic phone call to a grandparent. The caller pretends to be a grandchild away on spring break, and will insist that he is in some sort of trouble and needs help immediately....

The father of a Georgia toddler who died after being left in a hot car for seven hours is being charged with felony murder. After finding evidence that the child’s death was not an accident as 33-year-old Justin Ross Harris had claimed, police arrested Harris and charged him with second degree cruelty to a child, along with murder under the “felony murder” rule. What is the felony murder rule, and how is it being applied in this case?...

An Arkansas man can have his gay partner and son under the same roof after the Arkansas Supreme Court reversed a prior court order. Little Rock’s KTHV-TV reports that Arkansas’ highest court reversed an earlier court decision barring John Moix from having his same-sex partner in the home when Moix’s son had an overnight visit. This case is a victory for many gay parents who have been barred by their ex-spouses from having their children and new partners in one place....

Hugh Hefner’s puppy, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Charlie, is the subject of a hotly debated ownership battle. Hefner and ex-fiancée Crystal Harris are locked in a dog custody squabble. Hefner, 85, and Harris, 25, both want the dog. The Playboy mogul and Harris split shortly before they were due to wed. Hefner insists he “missed a bullet” by not going through with the nuptials. Maybe he did, because Harris was romantically linked to Jordan McGraw shortly after their engagement ended....

In case you haven’t been keeping up with the Kardashians, the latest news from America’s favorite celebrity family is the divorce of Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner from her husband Bruce Jenner. The couple has agreed to a stipulated judgment of dissolution, which was filed in a Los Angeles court by Kris Jenner this week, reports Radar Online. The proposed judgment sets out the couple’s agreed-to division of their substantial shared assets as well as their custody and support plans for Kylie Jenner, the only one of the couple’s children who is still a minor....

Chrysler car owners will still enjoy legal protections from serious vehicle defects - rights that are guaranteed under their states’ “lemon laws” - even after the car giant re-emerges from bankruptcy under new ownership. That’s the not-so-sour result of an agreement reached this week between the new Chrysler LLC and state attorneys general. Chrysler vehicle owners and consumer rights groups had questioned whether the new owners of Chrysler would “honor Lemon Law rights for vehicles sold or leased by Chrysler prior to the sale of the company,” according to a News Release from Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, but after negotiations with a number of state attorneys general, the new group (led by Fiat Group SpA) “agreed to honor the Lemon Law rights consumers had under Chrysler before the buyout....

Where goes any hack or data breach, so comes the scam. Worried your personal information is in the hands of criminals? Give us, who are definitely not criminals, your personal information and we’ll check and make sure to keep you safe. The appeal is simple, insidious, and predictable. So it’s not surprising that, following on the heels of what might be the most damaging data breach in history, here comes the Equifax scam....

Following on the heels of “Movember,” #GivingTuesday is all about celebrating the spirit of generosity. #GivingTuesday is a movement to create a national day of giving to kick off the giving season added to the calendar on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. The second annual #GivingTuesday is today (December 3, 2013). To make the most of your #GivingTuesday, keep these five legal tips in mind: Make sure the charity is legitimate....

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are taking a break from their marriage, reports CNN. A representative for Zeta-Jones says the two are “taking some time apart to evaluate and work on their marriage.” Douglas, 68, and Zeta-Jones, 43, have two children together. Both say they want the best for their kids, regardless of the outcome, reports a family friend. But what does their separation mean for their marriage? Though many headlines say Zeta-Jones and Douglas are “separated,” it’s reportedly an informal separation, as opposed to a legal separation....

A Mississippi judge issued a temporary injunction that forbids the release of 21 pardoned prisoners. This after outgoing Mississippi governor Haley Barbour pardoned some 200 inmates this week, including murderers and rapists. During his last minutes in office, Gov. Barbour pardoned about 200 state inmates – a number that far surpasses any governor in recent history. The list includes 14 convicted murderers; 2 dozen statutory rapists; and persons convicted of drug crimes, driving under the influence, burglary and armed robbery....

New York City’s “stop and frisk” policy has been the subject of debate in the past, but Wednesday’s ruling may put a serious dent in its enforcement. Judge Shira Scheindlin was asked to rule on the New York Police Department’s tactic of performing a “stop and frisk” on people entering and exiting certain buildings. While the trial hasn’t begun, Scheindlin has issued a temporary injunction against the practice. That means police officers won’t be able to rely on people loitering around certain buildings as a reason to do a “stop and frisk....

The rapper known as 2 Chainz was found not guilty on marijuana charges stemming from a traffic stop on Valentine’s Day. 2 Chainz, aka Tauheed Epps, was apparently a big hit with the troopers who pulled him over. They posed for a few pictures with the hip-hop artist, TMZ reports – but still arrested him on drug possession and paraphernalia charges. A judge, however, agreed that the rapper “ain’t never told no lie” about an incriminating grinder not being his....

Heads up, Rollerbladers! There is a Rollerblade recall. Rollerblade USA has recalled their inline skates due to risk of injury. Apparently the frame mounting bolts as well as the wheel axle bolts may be loose when sold. This poses a risk to Rollerbladers because the wheels or frames on the skates can cause the user to fall, potentially causing serious injury. So far there have been 31 reports of loose bolts including one case involving a fall and a minor injury that necessitated medical assistance....

The Apollo Group Inc, the parent company of for-profit educators The University of Phoenix, acknowledged in a filing on August 31, that it is the subject of a shareholder suit. The suit, filed in Arizona federal court, alleges that the company made materially misleading statements about its business operations between December 7, 2009, and August 3, 2010. The plaintiffs to the suit are seeking class action status. The complaint includes the company and several of its top executives including the executive chairman, co-chief executive officers, chief financial officer and others, according to a report by Reuters....

Most teenagers who maintain an online profile on the social networking site MySpace make reference to “risk” behaviors like sex, drug and alcohol abuse, and violence on their pages, according to a study released Monday. The study Display of Health Risk Behaviors on MySpace by Adolescents, from the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, looked at the publicly-available social networking profiles of 500 18-year-olds and concluded that 54 percent of those profiles illustrated “risk behavior information”: referencing sexual behaviors (24 percent of profiles), substance abuse (41 percent), and violence (14....

Immigrants detained pending deportation are not entitled to bond hearings every six months under federal law. That’s the decision by a closely divided Supreme Court on Tuesday, reversing a contrary 2015 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. While the Supreme Court makes headlines and history for sweeping constitutional decisions, this case, Jennings v. Rodriguez, was decided on more common statutory grounds. The now reversed Ninth Circuit’s decision held that federal immigration laws required a bond hearing for detained aliens every six months during detention....

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed that salmonella has been found in jars of peanut butter, according to the Associated Press: Tests Find Salmonella in Peanut Butter. On Tuesday, a class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Washington state, on behalf of people who became ill after eating Salmonella-tainted Peter Pan or Great Value peanut butter. More information from the Seattle Times: Class-Action Peanut Butter Suit Filed in Seattle...