Justice Department looks to block Juniper and Hewlett Packard merger.

The CAVEAT Weekly Newsletter surveys key policy and privacy developments: the U.S. DOJ’s lawsuit to block HPE’s $14B acquisition of Juniper as a signal of continued but moderated antitrust enforcement; Italy’s Garante ordering an immediate block of the DeepSeek AI model over insufficient privacy transparency and opening an investigation; a podcast discussion on the future of “Secure by Design” under the Trump administration; and other notable items including a class action alleging Amazon’s covert phone-based geolocation tracking, Taiwan’s support for chipmakers relocating to the U.S. following new tariffs, and 12 EU countries urging the Commission to wield DSA powers against Russian and Chinese election interference.