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States say events leading to HPE-Juniper pact 'shock the conscience'

By Flavia Fortes ( March 16, 2026, 22:52 GMT | Insight) -- A group of US states has urged a federal court to reject the Justice Department’s proposed settlement allowing Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks, arguing the agreement was the product of political influence and fails to address the merger’s competitive harms. “The series of events that led to the Settlement are unprecedented and should shock the conscience,” the states said. “This is exactly the kind of case the Tunney Act is meant to prevent and it is why Congress empowered this Court to reject the settlement as against the public interest.”A group of US states has urged a federal court to reject the Justice Department’s proposed settlement allowing Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks, arguing the agreement was the product of political influence and fails to address the merger’s competitive harms....

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