Statements During Settlement Negotiations As Evidence in a Criminal Trial

Your client, a corporate executive, is being investigated in connection with whether the stock of her employer was artificially inflated. The company is in a "full cooperation mode" with the SEC and the DOJ, and is negotiating the terms of a consent decree. You learn that the company's attorneys have met with DOJ and SEC attorneys and have admitted (as they felt was necessary to maintain credibility) to certain wrongdoing by various corporate employees. Can the company's statements during negotiations be used against your client, or are they protected by Rule 408 Fed. R. Evid.?

18 minute read November 28, 2005 at 12:45 PM
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Michael E. Clark
Statements During Settlement Negotiations As Evidence in a Criminal Trial

Your client, a corporate executive, is being investigated in connection with whether the stock of her employer was artificially inflated. The company is in a “full cooperation mode” with the SEC and the DOJ, and is negotiating the terms of a consent decree.

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