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Google on Tuesday said it appointed Halimah DeLaine Prado, a longtime member of the search giant’s legal team, to be its new general counsel, a move that comes as the company faces a litany of legal pressures. 

Google, along with other tech giants in Silicon Valley, is under intense antitrust scrutiny from state and federal officials. The US Department of Justice has been investigating Google for alleged anticompetitive practices and is expected to file a landmark lawsuit against the company. Meanwhile, state attorneys general have been probing the company’s digital ad operation.

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