The Business First of Columbus (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
The lead lawyer for disgraced Qwest executive Joseph Nacchio faced stiff questions from a majority of judges on a federal appeals court panel that reviewed the ex-CEO’s insider trading case Thursday.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
DENVER (Reuters) - U.S. appeals court judges sharply questioned a lawyer for former Qwest Communications International Inc Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio on Thursday during a hearing to determine if his 2007 conviction on insider trading charges should be reinstated.
The Business First of Columbus (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Lawyers for the government and ex-Qwest Communications International Inc. CEO Joseph Nacchio square off Thursday afternoon before nine judges at the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to argue whether the former executive’s insider trading conviction should stand or if he deserves a new trial. (Q)
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
On September 25, the 10th Circuit, en banc, will conduct a rehearing of a three judge panel's reversal of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio's insider trading conviction. The issue is whether the trial judge improperly excluded testimony from Nacchio's expert witness who would have disagreed with two Government experts on an issue that was central to Nacchio's guilt or innocence. This is about fundamental...
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
The 12,000-member National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers recently filed an appeals court brief in support of ex-Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio’s defense, arguing that the overturning of the former executive’s insider trading conviction should stand. (Q)
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio’s defense attorneys argue a federal appeals court was correct to reverse the executive’s 2007 conviction on 19 insider trading counts because the trial judge barred testimony from “the only substantive defense witness on key issues.” (Q)
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Prosecutors will argue to an appeals court that jurors would have convicted ex-Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio on 19 felony counts even if a procedural error that excluded defense testimony had not been made in the executive's 2007 insider-trading trial. (Q)
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
One of the Justice Department’s highest-ranking lawyers will argue the prosecution’s case against former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio in a rare oral argument session before nine appeals court judges. (Q)
JURIST (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
[JURIST] Qwest Communications will pay an additional $40 million to settle a class action shareholder lawsuit, according to an agreement released Monday in the company's second quarter earnings report. Of that number, $5 million comes from insurance revenue by former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio and former CFO Robert Woodruff. In 2006, a federal judge approved a $400 million settlement that did not include...
The Denver Business Journal (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
The hearing date for arguments in the re-hearing of an appeal by ex-Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio has been pushed back a day to Sept. 25.
The Business Journal of Phoenix (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
A nine-judge panel of 10th Circuit Court of Appeals will re-hear the appeal of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio. (Q)
JURIST (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday granted prosecutors' petition for an en banc rehearing on whether the insider trading conviction of former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio should be overturned. In March, a Tenth Circuit panel struck down Nacchio's conviction and ordered a new trial, finding that US District Judge Edward Nottingham improperly excluded testimony...
Law Blog (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio talks to the media outside the federal courthouse in Denver, Dec. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File) On this humid and hot New York morning, as the City’s straphangers shvits their way to the office, let’s begin our day in Denver, where the sun is just beginning to rise over [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
A federal appeals court agreed to review a decision that overturned the insider-trading conviction of former Qwest Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
DENVER (Reuters) - A federal appeals court said on Wednesday it will reconsider its decision overturning the insider trading conviction of former Qwest Communications International Inc Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio.
