Which tort involves intentional interference with another's business or with another's expected economic advantage?

• A. Defamation
• B. Malicious interference with prospective economic advantage
• C. Slander
• D. Publication

Answer: (B)

This question points to a business tort that covers deliberate actions intended to disrupt someone else’s future economic gains. The idea is not about harming reputation with false statements or simply publishing something; it’s about interfering with another party’s ability to obtain future business or profits.

Malicious interference with prospective economic advantage involves intentionally acting to disrupt someone’s reasonable expectations of economic benefits—like anticipated sales, contracts, or opportunities—and causing that person financial harm. The “malicious” aspect signals improper motive or methods used to derail those prospects.

Defamation and slander focus on false statements that harm a person’s reputation, not on blocking future business prospects. Publication relates to distributing statements, which is a component of defamation cases, but it isn’t the tort that targets interfering with economic expectations.