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 Department of Justice has sued to block a merger involving Houston’s largest publicly traded software company a year after the deal was announced.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares are trading lower Thursday after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an antitrust lawsuit to block its proposed $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks.

The US Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc., arguing the tie-up would harm competition in the market for enterprise wireless equipment used by large companies,

The DOJ contends the merged company would result in two companies — Cisco and HPE — controlling more than 70% of the U.S. wireless networking market.