The Department of Justice sued Thursday to block the $14 billion Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company acquisition of wireless tech competitor Juniper Networks.

The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block the tie-up, a $14 billion deal that would join the second- and third-largest companies providing wireless networking solutions for large corporate customers.

The U.S. Justice Department has sued to block tech giant HPE from acquiring Juniper Networks, the networking firm, citing antitrust concerns.

The Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of rival Juniper Networks on Thursday, the first attempt to stop a merger by a new Trump administration that is expected to take a softer approach to mergers.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday filed a lawsuit to block the HPE/Juniper Networks $14 billion deal. Here are five things channel partners need to know.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit in an effort to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's (HPE) $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks.

Read about Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks' response to a Justice Department move to block the proposed $14 billion all-cash acquisition deal between the companies.

The DoJ says the merger would be anti-competitive while HPE says that's flawed logic and its ready "vigorously defend" itself in court.

DOJ cited reduced competition in the wireless market as the biggest problem with the proposed $14 billion sale of Juniper Networks to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The vendors say they plan to “vigorously defend the transaction in court.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) from acquiring Juniper Networks, arguing that the merger between the nation’s second- and third-largest