On: What really happened at LivingSocial?

[danielweber]

Libel (or slander) is really hard to prosecute in America, and with IMHO good reason.

IANAL, but this doesn't seem like libel per se, so damages and malice would both need to be proven by the plaintiff.

[tptacek → danielweber]

If LS customers dropped off like flies after this report, there are multiple tort claims besides libel that could come into play. Interference is apparently one of them.

[danielweber → tptacek]

Wow, after reading their concern-troll update about the "little guys" it feels like this is what tortious interference is for. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5259439

(IANAL, and I am even less well-versed about tortious interference than I am about libel law.)