A federal judge yesterday ruled that Google intentionally destroyed evidence and must be sanctioned, rejecting the company's argument that it didn't need to automatically preserve internal chats involving employees subject to a legal hold. Advertisement Judge: Google repeatedly gave false infoThere are 383 Google employees who are subject to the legal hold in this case, and about 40 of those are designated as custodians. All the while, Google has tried to downplay the problem and displayed a dismissive attitude ill tuned to the gravity of its conduct