States' intervention in HPE-Juniper case 'counterproductive,' US DOJ argues
By Flavia Fortes ( October 29, 2025, 14:21 GMT | Insight) -- The US Department of Justice has filed a motion opposing a request from 12 states and the District of Columbia to intervene in the court review of the government's settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks over their $14 billion merger. Calling it a “counterproductive distraction from the Court’s exercise of its Tunney Act authority,” the agency said the California federal judge overseeing the proceedings should deny the states’ intervention request. The US Department of Justice has filed a motion opposing a request from 12 states and the District of Columbia to intervene in the court review of the government's settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks over their $14 billion merger. ...
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