Aside from direct testimony by an eye witness, documentary evidence is probably the most compelling form of evidence in criminal and civil cases. It is quickly becoming the smoking gun in many civil cases involving wrongful employment dismissals, sexual discrimination, racial discrimination, stock fraud and the theft of trade secrets. Everyone is familiar with documentary evidence in paper form; however the legal process has failed to keep pace with computer technology. The document discovery rules have changed concerning the discovery of computer-created documents and related electronic data.