What is the current state of the law on the seizure of electronic files in a search warrant?

items may be seized." Id. The court acknowledged "that all items in a set of files may be inspected during a search, provided that sufficiently specific guidelines for identifying the documents sought are provided in the search warrant and are followed by the officers conducting the search." Id. However, the court also stated, "the wholesale seizure for later detailed examination of records not described in a warrant is significantly more intrusive, and has been characterized as 'the kind of investigatory dragnet that the fourth amendment was designed to prevent.'" Id. (quoting United States v. Abrams, 615 F.2d 541, 543 (1^st Cir. 1980)). The court went on to state:

Id. at 595-96.