Originally Posted by PositiveVariance
MrV, legal opinion?

If in fact Rob never contacted the atty then there is no impediment to the atty saying "NO" as there is no atty / client relationship.

If however Rob escrowed the money I see no reason why Rob would not want MaxPen to know this, as Max was supposed to escrow money as well.

So yeah, if he escrowed it and Max inquired if it had been escrowed then the atty should acknowledge the fact, UNLESS for some insane reason Rob told the atty not to tell anyone.

Not clear as to inquiries by uninvolved third parties; caution would dictate a "no comment" but only if Rob escrowed the funds; otherwise the atty should be free to say "No, I never heard of this guy before."