The author, a litigation partner at Wolf, Rifkin, Shapiro, Schulman & Rabkin LLP, Los Angeles, has represented Sandra Bullock, Cameron Diaz, Clint Eastwood, Kate Hudson, Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Michelle Pfeiffer, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, and the rights holders of Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart, so he can at least claim some familiarity with the subject matter of this weighty, somewhat ungainly tome. [read post]