Mealey's (April 10, 2018, 2:40 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California trial court did not err in granting terminating sanctions against a defendant in a defamation and misappropriation of trade secrets lawsuit because any lesser remedy would not have properly protected a credit union’s interests after the defendant deleted thousands of digital files that he was required to keep, a California appellate panel ruled in an April 6 unpublished opinion affirming the trial court’s determination (San Diego County Credit Union v. Carlton Roark, No. D071960, Calif. App., 4th Dist., Div. 1, 2018 Calif. App. Unpub. LEXIS 2332)....