Facebook hired a top State Department lawyer to be its new general counsel

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Facebook has a new top lawyer as it faces increasing risks of antitrust or legislative action.

Jennifer Newstead, a top lawyer at the US State Department, is joining the beleaguered social networking firm.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

The social network's previous general counsel, Colin Stretch, originally announced his intention to leave in July 2018. But as the California company lurched from scandal to scandal, he ended up staying on. He will continue to be with Facebook"through the summer to help with the transition," the company said on Monday.

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