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.

US DoJ says HPE-Juniper deal will come at the cost of competition The companies say acquisition would give customers “greater innovation and choice” European and British investigators have already given their approval The US Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to block HPE’s acquisition of Juniper Networks – a deal anticipated to be worth $14 billion – following a complaint filed with a US District Court for the Northern District of California.

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.