HPE-Juniper Integration Allowed as Judge Reviews Settlement (1)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. can continue integrating Juniper Networks Inc. while a group of states challenge a settlement the companies reached with the Justice Department over antitrust concerns about the deal, a federal judge said Thursday.

US District Judge Casey Pitts in San Jose, California, ruled from the bench after hearing arguments in court and said he will issue a written decision later.

“There hasn’t been an evidentiary showing that there is” a need for an order here, he said. There needs to be an “irreparable harm to competition” if HPE continues integrating the deal, Pitts said. “There is not ...