US DOJ’s HPE-Juniper settlement greenlit by federal judge
By Ilana Kowarski ( August 13, 2026, 22:56 GMT | Insight) -- The US Department of Justice's eve-of-trial settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise over its acquisition of rival Juniper Networks — which led to two DOJ Antitrust Division leaders being fired after they opposed the compromise — was ratified by a federal judge Thursday after he determined that DOJ turmoil before and after the settlement was reached did not nullify its legitimacy.The US Department of Justice's eve-of-trial settlement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise over its acquisition of rival Juniper Networks — which led to two DOJ Antitrust Division leaders being fired after they opposed the compromise — was ratified by a federal judge Thursday after he determined that DOJ turmoil before and after the settlement was reached did not nullify its legitimacy....
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