Legal Question in Business Law in California

From the content of the e-mail, it appears that the attorney was asking for documents that were available to the general public. If you had a phone conversation with the attorney and it was general rather than the attorney providing you with his preliminary opinion about the case or you imparted specific information that was not available to the public, it might be difficult to say that representation -- even limited -- had been established. Even so, you might file a motion in the case, as soon as possible, to disqualify the attorney based upon the (significant?) contact you had with him and the information you had had shared.

What the attorney sent back to you is of little or no relevance. As Mr. Cohen indicates, it's what you said to the attorney and/or information or records that you provided the attorney that would establish whether you have a right to disqualify that attorney or not. You clearly did not retain him or her, but you may have had communications that created a conflict of interest. There is no way to tell that or not from your question, however.