In Stephen Slesinger, Inc. v. Walt Disney Co. (2007) 155 Cal.App.4th 736, the plaintiff sued Walt Disney for royalties under a licensing agreement to exploit the Winnie the Pooh series of children's stories. (Slesinger, supra, 155 Cal.App.4th at p. 740.) The plaintiff hired a private investigator to surreptitiously obtain Disney documents. The investigator broke into Disney office buildings, scavenged through trash cans, and trespassed onto a secure facility of a company Disney had contracted to destroy its confidential documents. (Ibid.) The investigator took documents belonging to Disney, including documents marked privileged and confidential. (Ibid.) The plaintiff concealed the investigator's activities from Disney and from the court through most of the litigation. (Ibid.) When exposed, the court granted a terminating sanction and dismissed the lawsuit. (Ibid.)