(February 17, 2017, 9:24 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In light of the “staggering scale” of evidence spoliation conducted by a polymer manufacturer that was the target of an investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), a Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Feb. 15 upheld the commission’s imposition of discovery sanctions against the firm in the form of default judgment and an exclusion order (Organik Kimya Sav. Ve Tic., A.S., et al. v. U.S. International Trade Commission, et al., No. 15-1774 and 15-1833, Fed. Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 2623)....