Cheque mystery

In May, just one month after Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld announced Chang-Joo Kim had joined its New York office as a partner, the law firm wrote a cheque to recruiting firm Boston Executive Search for £120,000, reports the New York Law Journal. But did it pay the right recruiter? New York search firm Sivin Tobin Associates says it sent Akin Gump a package about Mr. Kim last December, along with a term sheet. Sivin Tobin is now suing the law firm, alleging breach of an implied contract. Akin Gump argued that Sivin Tobin's submission was unsolicited and the law firm never intended to be bound by the recruiter's terms.

When it comes to the workplace, younger employees crave more feedback, access to managers and social interaction than their older counterparts, according to a new survey of US workers by Hudson. Beyond formal reviews, 24% of both Generation X and Y workers said they would like feedback from their boss at least once a week, if not every day. Comparatively, only one-fifth of Baby Boomers want feedback that frequently. Just 11% of Traditionalists would like that level of communication. Traditionalists are defined as workers born 1928-1945, Baby Boomers born 1946-1964, Generation X born 1965-1979, and Generation Y born after 1980.

RSA has opened a new office in Singapore to help find senior staff for the country's burgeoning life sciences industry. When fully occupied, the futuristic complex of the research institute in the south west of the country, known as Biopolis, will be home to 2,000 scientists. Nick Stephens, RSA chief executive, said: "Our job will be to help local organisations find the key senior staff they need, including pharmaceutical executives, professors of medicine and directors to run the research institutes.