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U.S. Sues to Block Tech Deal in First Antitrust Action of Trump Term
The Justice Department on Thursday moved to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, the first deal to be challenged by antitrust enforcers during President Trump’s second term. In a lawsuit filed in United States District Court for the Northern District of California, the government said the deal “risks substantially lessening competition…