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 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,

An antitrust lawsuit filed by the DOJ poses an obstacle to HPE’s proposed acquisition of Juniper, but the vendors say they plan to vigorously defend the transaction.