Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
Legal Malpractice Suit Filed by Former Republic Records Exec Charlie Walk Dismissed by Judge
variety.comWilliam Earl A legal malpractice suit filed by former Republic Records president Charlie Walk against attorney Marc Kasowitz has been dismissed by a New York judge, court papers reveal.
In 2018, Walk resigned from his executive position at the record label that’s home to The Weeknd, Post Malone and Ariana Grande after he was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women with whom he worked at Sony Music some 15 years earlier — two spoke on the record to Rolling Stone after accuser Tristan Coopersmith went public with a blog post on Jan.
30, 2018.As part of the settlement with parent company Universal Music Group (UMG), Walk, who had also served as a judge on the Fox singing competition series “The Four,” was paid his severance (a base salary of more than $1.5 million) plus a 2017 bonus ($1.7 million), which was negotiated by Kasowitz of the firm Kasowitz, Benson Torres.
But in a March 2021 lawsuit, Walk asserted that his attorney, whose previous clients include former President Donald Trump, “botched” the settlement negotiation, claiming that he was given bad counsel, did not understand the terms and felt pressure to take the deal.
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