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Lawyer threatens to contact employer?

My Friend (A) is in a dispute with someone, who hired a lawyer (B). B threatened A that they would contact A's employer and tell them about what was going on, if A did not do a certain thing by a certain date for their client. A's employer has nothing to do with the dispute. Is this legal what B has done? If not, what can I do to get back at B? They have made my friend A a basket case by saying this!

That sounds like blackmail to me and that is a criminal offence and enough to get the lawyer disbarred!

No by law they can't do that. If the dispute has nothing to do with A's job then the lawyer is just trying to scare him. The best thing for your friend to do would be to get a lawyer to look into the case.
It may depend on the nature of the dispute and state law, but I believe this would be an unethical practice in most jurisdictions.

Call whatever your state calls the "grievance committee" that regulates lawyer conduct and ask them.
Your friends needs to tell the attorney that he wants his bar # and that they are going to report them to the State Bar Association. It is not legal for them to call anyone and discuss their private business.
If it has nothing to do with the employer, then don't worry about it. If some lawyer called me and started airing one of my employees' dirty laundry, I would tell them I am not interested and hang up.
I would report the SOB attorney to the Bar Association immediately and file a complaint. This is outright blackmail and that attorney can not only lose his license, but your friend can certainly walk away with a bit of change in his/her pocket.
I believe there is such a thing as client privilege information. I do not think he is able to do this but I do know that lawyers have a way of stirring things up and getting you upset.

Without knowing the details etc. I would suggest that your friend get himself a lawyer.

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