Juniper Networks

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.

A federal judge set ground rules for a dozen states to pursue a legal challenge to the Justice Department’s approval of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks amid allegations the deal was politically tainted.