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Monica spoke with Jeff Stein at The Washington Sun recently about his reporting that the FTC is looking into sports gambling practices. He ended his story with a quote from her: "In June, The Wall Street Journal reported that Polymarket had flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators who appear to be getting rich on the platform, when none of the winnings were real. Monica Vaca, a consumer protection attorney who practiced for more than two decades at the FTC,

Kati spoke with Hunterbrook Media in connection with its illuminating report on the world of multilevel marketers selling insurance products. The piece states, "although Ethos doesn’t directly employ FFL, GFI, Equis, or other MLM agents, the company could still be responsible for their conduct, says Kati Daffan, a lawyer with consumer protection-focused firm Vaca Daffan and former Federal Trade Commission official. 'The law is clear. If an outsourced seller acts like your age

Congratulations to Wall Street Journal reporters Katherine Long, Caitlin Ostroff and Neil Mehta for yet another groundbreaking story about Polymarket today: https://www.wsj.com/business/polymarkets-fraud-regulators-coplan-5f418ab0. They describe mind-blowing levels of irresponsible practices that make one wonder — where were the adults? The reporting about Polymarket "paying influencers to promote videos of fake trades—and target U.S. users with advertisements of its offshor

This week's Anthropic news was rightly focused on AI safety, but we're pleased that members of the tech press also covered the consolidated complaint we filed, which alleges that Anthropic deceptively advertised its Claude subscriptions. For example, Hayden Field of The Verge called the lawsuit "a rare attempt to legally penalize AI companies for a widely held point of frustration: the industry’s growing money squeeze." Monica distilled our Anthropic lawsuit beautifully, as r

Round of applause to Shweta Watwe for her article about harms from the prediction market industry and how our firm’s favorite legal tools can play a role in addressing them. Monica boiled it down well: “When we talk about consumer protection, what we’re really talking about is what is the effect on everyday people?” We also think our friend Adam Teitelbaum is right on: consumer protection laws are important tools for addressing emerging industries because they’re flexible, a

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We appreciate Maddie Hughes for getting together to talk about our launch. My favorite quote? "'The firm has “very, very big eyes, and we’re thinking about so many different areas of the law where we want to be really active,' said Vaca." You can read the full article (behind a paywall) here.

American Community Media is a force for good — and it moves fast. Days after Monica and Kati briefed a group of journalists about predatory scams targeting immigrants, six outlets had published warnings in Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese. And it wasn't only print media: Monica herself appeared yesterday to discuss scammers' new tactics on a live Spanish-language radio program, on KIQI in California. The show is aptly named "Información es Poder" (Information is Power). Thank

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March 27 (Reuters) - A pair of former senior U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawyers on Monday said they have opened a new plaintiff-side consumer protection law firm, adding to ​the growing number of small firms launched by departing government attorneys during ‌President Donald Trump's second term. Monica Vaca and Kati Daffan said their new Washington, D.C.-based firm — Vaca Daffan LLP — will represent individual consumers as well as state and local governments. Read more Thi