Dennis Quaid has filed a lawsuit against Heparin, the blood-thinner that threatened the lives of his twins in 2007, thanks to an accidental overdose. According to Reuters, the suit alleges “the overdose was due to a mix-up over similar labeling in different doses of Heparin.” (The twins were given 10,000 units of the drug rather than 10 of their prescribed Hep-Lock.) Quaid’s twins spent time in intensive care due to the mix-up. Baxter International Inc. did not immediately return EW’s calls for comment.

UPDATE: Baxter has issued the following response to the lawsuit: “While the medication errors that occurred involving the Quaid children are extremely unfortunate, investigations by the hospital and the California Department of Public Health determined that this was a preventable error — as a result of not reading the label. We believe both Baxter and the Quaids have a common interest in reducing medication errors. We feel that working together to address this issue would be more productive than continuing to litigate this matter in the courts.”

A judge in Connecticut cleared actor Rip Torn of his DUI charge Friday after he had participated in a court-ordered alcohol education program, the Associated Press reports. Though the DUI charges — stemming from a 2008 arrest — have been dismissed, Torn is still facing charges that he broke into a bank carrying a weapon while under the influence of alcohol. He will be in court Tuesday for the case.

Sarah Ferguson, a.k.a. Fergie, has apologized for camera footage of the Duchess of York offering to give an undercover reporter access to ex-husband Prince Andrew for $40,000 in cash and $718,500 in wire transfers. “I very deeply regret the situation and the embarrassment caused,” she said in a statement. “It is true that my financial situation is under stress, however, that is no excuse for a serious lapse in judgment and I am very sorry that this has happened.” The tape, which was filmed Tuesday, features Ferguson offering the access, and saying the prince, “never does accept a penny for anything,” Reuters reports.

On Monday in Los Angeles, Lindsay Lohan was ordered to wear an alcohol-monitoring bracelet, People reports. Lohan will also need to take weekly drug tests and will be forbidden from drinking any alcohol in order to stay free on bail. If she violates these terms, she could be subject to six months in jail. This isn’t the first time Lohan wore a bracelet — The actress voluntarily wore an alcohol-monitoring bracelet back in 2007 after her first DUI arrest.

On Friday in New York, Jessica Simpson won a ban on an exercise video featuring her, Reuters reports. The arbitrator ordered Speedfit LLC and its owner, Alex Astilean, to not use Simpson’s likeness to market the video. Astilean plans to challenge the ruling.

British screenwriter Simon Monjack, 39, was found dead on Sunday night, just five months after the passing of his wife, actress Brittany Murphy, People.com reports. The Los Angeles Fire Department was reportedly called to the couple’s home, where Monjack was pronounced dead; a police spokesman told People that the preliminary report attributed Monjack’s demise to natural causes, but investigators remained at the scene.

Murphy died December 20, 2009, at age 32 due to “pneumonia, an iron deficiency and multiple drug intoxication” related to cold medicines she had been taking.

Monjack’s IMDb page credits him as a writer and producers of 2006′s Factory Girl and 2001′s Two Days, Nine Lives; he married Murphy in 2007.

UPDATE: People reports Monjack was due for heart bypass surgery at the time of his death.