The U.S. Justice Department has settled its lawsuit challenging server maker Hewlett Packard Enterprise's all-cash acquisition of Juniper Networks for $14 billion, according to court filings. The sett

The department filed a complaint against the deal in the federal court in late January 2025. It claimed that the deal would stifle competition, thus paving the way for only two companies, Cisco Systems and HPE, to control over 70 per cent of the US market for networking equipment, according to Reuters.

A Houston company has settled with the Department of Justice to clear the way for a $14 billion acquisition — less than two weeks before the trial over the lawsuit seeking to block the deal was set to begin.