The Scary Rise of Social Media

Morgan & Morgan currently represents hundreds of clients bringing claims against social media companies for the alleged harm they have caused young people. These include suicide, eating disorders, and other types of destructive self-harm. Here, renowned MDL litigator Emily Jeffcott -- who has served on the Plaintiffs Steering Committees for the Juul Labs, Taxotere, and Valsartan litigation, in addition to serving as trial counsel in bellwether trials for Xarelto -- discusses why she feels fortunate to be able to practice law in a space where she's representing young people against harms and where she's trying to curate a world for them that is a little bit safer. In this episode, Emily unpacks the many fascinating aspects of this litigation, including the rise of social media addiction and its consequences, issues of liability and proof when litigating social media addiction cases, and evidence of social media companies' alleged knowledge that their products cause addiction in young people.