Attorney General Bonta Issues Statement in Response to Court Approval of US DOJ's HPE/Juniper Merger Settlement

August 13, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.govOAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement in response to a decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California approving the U.S. Department of Justice’s (U.S. DOJ) proposed settlement of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)/Juniper Networks merger. Last year, Attorney General Bonta and a coalition of 13 attorneys general intervened in the $14 billion H