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ZIMMERMAN v. AL JAZEERA AMERICA, LLC et al

  1. September 18, 2023

    MLB Stars Drop Al Jazeera Defamation Suits Over Doping Doc

    Retired Major League Baseball players Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard have dropped their defamation suits against Al Jazeera over a controversial documentary accusing them of using banned performance-enhancing drugs.

  2. November 07, 2018

    Gibson Dunn Must Comply With Subpoena, Al Jazeera Says

    Al Jazeera America on Wednesday asked a D.C. federal judge to compel law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher to comply with subpoenas in a defamation suit by two Major League Baseball players over a doping documentary, saying the information it's seeking is key to its defense.

  3. September 27, 2018

    Al Jazeera Must Produce Docs In Doping Documentary Suit

    A D.C. magistrate judge has sided with two Major League Baseball players in their defamation suit against Al Jazeera America LLC, finding that the network must produce documents and social media information from a freelance journalist it contracted to produce a documentary on doping in sports.

  4. June 01, 2018

    Al Jazeera Says Manning Corroborated Doping Report

    Al Jazeera, facing a defamation lawsuit from two baseball players over a 2015 doping documentary, has said retired NFL quarterback Peyton Manning was the corroborating source for some allegations in the video, contradicting the baseball players' contention that Al Jazeera relied on a pharmacist who has recanted.

  5. April 23, 2018

    MLBers Say Al Jazeera Won't Hand Over Info In Libel Suit

    Major League Baseball players Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard made another swing for financial records showing how much money Al Jazeera invested in a controversial 2015 documentary accusing them of using performance-enhancing drugs, saying on Friday the documents will help their defamation case by showing the media company's drive for profits outweighed their journalistic ethics.

  6. February 16, 2018

    MLBers Want Hearing Over Info In Al Jazeera Libel Suit

    Major League Baseball players Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard are pushing for an answer as to whether Al Jazeera will be forced to hand over information gathered by an undercover investigator for a controversial 2015 documentary that accused them of using performance-enhancing drugs and is the subject of their defamation lawsuit.

  7. November 07, 2017

    Al Jazeera Says MLBers Must Subpoena Journo In Libel Suit

    Al Jazeera America LLC on Monday blasted efforts by MLB players to force the media organization to collect and turn over information an undercover reporter gathered while making a 2015 documentary about the use of performance-enhancing drugs in sports, arguing that the players must subpoena the reporter because the organization does not control the documents they want.

  8. October 25, 2017

    MLBers Seek Reporter Docs In Doping Documentary Suit

    Major League Baseball players Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard have asked a D.C. federal judge to force several Al Jazeera entities to turn over emails and other documents from an undercover reporter in a lawsuit over a controversial documentary on performance-enhancing drugs, saying the information is vital to the case.

  9. April 06, 2017

    MLBers' Al Jazeera Suit Could Chill Future Doping Coverage

    A D.C. federal judge last week raised eyebrows by allowing defamation claims by two Major League Baseball stars to move forward against Al Jazeera over a 2015 investigative documentary that included claims they had used banned performance-enhancing drugs, sending a warning to reporters covering the underworld of doping to more thoroughly scrutinize sources.

  10. March 31, 2017

    MLB Players' Suit Over Al Jazeera's PED Doc Moves Forward

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday allowed a defamation suit from Major League Baseball stars Ryan Zimmerman and Ryan Howard to move forward against Al Jazeera America LLC over a controversial 2015 documentary about performance enhancing drugs, while removing an undercover investigator from the case.

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