Joseph Nacchio (L), the former chief executive of Qwest Communications International, leaves the Denver Federal Courthouse with his attorney Jeffrey Speiser after being sentenced in the Qwest case in Denver, Colorado, in this July 27, 2007 file photo. A U.S. appeals court upheld the insider trading conviction of Nacchio on February 25, 2009, finding that a trial court properly excluded expert witness testimony that Nacchio deemed crucial to his case. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files (UNITED STATES