[generally disapproved]

Catullo v. Metzner, 834 F.2d 1075, 1078 (1st Cir. 1987) (vacating award and remanding for new trial in action for breach of fiduciary duty in which the trial court excluded evidence of defendant's testimony about....Although settlement negotiations and offers are inadmissible (i) to show the validity or invalidity of a claim when validity is in dispute, (ii) to show the amount of damages when the amount is in dispute, or (iii) to impeach by showing a prior inconsistent statement or specific contradiction, settlements, settlement offers, and settlement negotiations are admissible if they are offered for other purposes.

United States v. Cooper, 482 F.3d 658, 663 (4th Cir. 2007) (upholding trial court's admission into evidence of accused's DEQ dealings because it (1) was relevant to describing the conditions at the sewage lagoon and accused's awareness of such conditions; and (2) explained "how [accused] came...Other crimes, wrongs, or acts are admissible and do not violate the prohibition against the use of character to show conduct if such acts are admissible to show the context of an event at issue at trial or to tell the full story or an intelligible story of a series of events at issue at trial.

Fed. R. Evid. 414(d) ("For purposes of this rule and Rule 415..., an "offense of child molestation" means a crime under Federal law or the law of a State (as defined in section 513 of title 18, United States Code) that involved-- (1) any conduct proscribed by chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, that was committed in relation to...Applicable federal or state law determines what constitutes "child molestation" or "child sexual abuse" for purposes of Federal Rule of Evidence 414 or comparable State rules that authorize the use of other instances of child molestation or child sex abuse against criminal defendants who are on trial for child molestation or child sexual abuse.