Qwest's former CEO Joe Nacchio gets new day in court [Telecom]

Mar 19, 2008 0 Replies
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"... A federal appeals court panel reversed the insider-trading conviction of Joseph P. Nacchio, the former chief executive of Qwest Communications International, on Monday and ordered that Mr. Nacchio receive a new trial in front of a different judge.



" Judge Paul J. Kelly and Judge Michael W. McConnell of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled for the majority in a 2-to-1 decision that a federal district court judge had wrongly excluded an expert witness for Mr. Nacchio during his trial last year."



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- keep in mind Mr. Nacchio has been maintaining that he was the victim of a federal witchhunt because he refused to go along with the warrantless wiretapping...



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