The Sedona Principles crafted by some of the nation s finest lawyers consultants academics and judges were first formal attempt to provide a common approach for managing discovery practice as it changes with technology. These widely cited rules are designed specifically to bring order to the chaos that has characterized electronic discovery Each day lawyers in both trial practices and corporate counsel offices grapple with the complexities that even the simplest document request can pose now that the majority of business records are maintained electronically. The Sedona Principles Second Edition 2007 Annotated Version is the must-have resource for both the bench and the bar, providing guidance in an ever-developing area of law. E-discovery s evolution in the past year is chronicled in this latest version. The 2007 Annotated Edition not only explains the policy underlying the 14 Principles that state and federal judges continue to rely on to resolve contested discovery disputes, it also contains citations to and analysis of their latest orders and opinions including the obscure and hard-to-find ones as well as those with higher profiles.