Dell Taken To Court Again

Hardware giant Dell DELL has been accused of withholding evidence, including emails in a lawsuit over faulty computers it sold to various businesses, in a lawsuit filed on Thursday. Advanced Internet Technologies, a Fayetteville, NC based IT firm, filed a motion in the Federal District Court in the state, saying that Dell had “deliberately violated” a court order to produce documents. The lawsuit named several Dell executives, including Chief Executive Michael Dell. The Thursday filing marked the latest in a 3-year-old lawsuit filed by AIT that accuses Dell of selling more than 11 million faulty computers over the years and “trying to hide problems.” AIT also added that it had lost some businesses as a result of the malfunctioning PCs. Dell spokesman David Frink disputes the accusation. Dell will be soon filing its response in the court. “We take all court orders and our obligations to comply with them very seriously,” said Frink. AIT declined to comment. According to Alston and Bird, the law firm representing Dell in this lawsuit, had to fight off accusations of more than 1,000 “questionable” computers and risks of losing business. Companies, small and large, such as Houston-based CompuCycle, added that the faulty computers from Dell were not helping to resist the computer maker’s declining reputation. Dell’s shares fell .91% to $11.99 at close of trade on Aug 13. In pre-market trade today, its shares rose 0.25% to $12.02. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.