Federal Rules of Evidence
Rule 408 — Compromise Offers and Negotiations
Fed. R. Evid. 408
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Fed. R. Evid. 408.
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(a)PROHIBITED USES. Evidence of the following is not admissi-
ble—on behalf of any party—either to prove or disprove the valid-
ity or amount of a disputed claim or to impeach by a prior incon-
sistent statement or a contradiction:
(1)furnishing, promising, or offering—or accepting, promis-
ing to accept, or offering to accept—a valuable consideration
in compromising or attempting to compromise the claim; and
(2)conduct or a statement made during compromise negotia-
tions about the claim—except when offered in a criminal case
and when the negotiations related to a claim by a public office
in the exercise of its regulatory, investigative, or enforcement
authority.
(b)EXCEPTIONS. The court may admit this evidence for another
purpose, such as proving a witness’s bias or prejudice, negatin
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Advisory Committee Notes
(As amended Apr. 12, 2006, eff. Dec. 1, 2006; Apr. 26, 2011, eff. Dec. 1, 2011.)