In a move that the owner of one marijuana dispensary called “the beginning of the end of marijuana prohibition,” Deputy Attorney General James Cole last week sent a memo to federal prosecutors stating that the Justice Department will not sue to block laws legalizing marijuana in 20 states and the District of Columbia. So reports The New York Times.

Faced with more than 85 federal court cases alleging the plaintiffs suffered liver failure from Tylenol despite having taken that over-the-counter pain reliever as directed, Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit will change the caps on Tylenol bottles to state “CONTAINS ACETAMINOPHEN” and “ALWAYS READ THE LABEL” in red lettering’ So reports USA Today.

Republican N.J. Governor Chris Christie last week signed a law making it illegal for licensed therapists to use therapy to change the sexual orientation of minors. So reports USA Today.

As an icebreaker intended to give its summer associates something to bond over and discuss after hours, a 22-attorney firm in Chicago hired an actor to work and mingle among the law students summering at the firm as a fellow new hire. So reports the ABA Journal.