What is the term for an unjustified intentional act that interferes with another's valid or expected business relationship?

• A. Unfair competition
• B. Interference with employment
• C. Malicious prosecution
• D. Private nuisance

Answer: (B)

The core idea is the tort of intentionally causing someone else to lose a business relationship by acting without justification. When a person knowingly and unjustifiably disrupts another’s employment relationship—such as persuading an employer to terminate or preventing a contract of employment from forming—it fits this concept.

That’s why the best choice describes interference with employment. It captures the idea of an unjustified, intentional act aimed at disrupting an employment relationship, which is a specific form of interfering with business relations.

Unfair competition involves broader deceptive or unlawful trade practices; malicious prosecution is about wrongfully pursuing criminal or civil actions; private nuisance concerns unreasonable interferences with use of land or property. These don’t directly describe the intentional disruption of an employment relationship.