Edition 4248: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.
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Today's Highlighted Video Story: US FBI agents have joined officials in Ecuador investigating the killing of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.
Arrests have already been made after Villavicencio was shot entering a car after a rally in the country's capital last week.
Over the weekend, a notorious gang leader, Jose Adolfo Macias, known as "Fito", was arrested for allegedly making death threats towards Villavicencio before he was killed.
Focus of the Day Legal News: The Lord Chancellor and Home Secretary this week announced the launch of a ‘dedicated taskforce’ as part of ‘a clampdown on crooked lawyers who coach illegal immigrants to lie’. Full story
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