The Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of rival Juniper Networks on Thursday, the first attempt to stop a merger by a new Trump administration that is expected to take a softer approach to mergers.

The U.S. Justice Department has sued to block tech giant HPE from acquiring Juniper Networks, the networking firm, citing antitrust concerns.

DOJ cited reduced competition in the wireless market as the biggest problem with the proposed $14 billion sale of Juniper Networks to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The vendors say they plan to “vigorously defend the transaction in court.