Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe responding to a guy like this might put your company in legal jeopardy in relation to the former employee. We ha

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe responding to a guy like this might put your company in legal jeopardy in relation to the former employee. We have been explicitly told in the past that we cannot discuss former employees' performance with interviewers who call for a reference. We can only state that they were employed with us, and what specific job functions they performed.