If an employee or agent was authorized by the employer or principal to speak about a matter, the statement of the employee or the agent can count as the statement of the employer or the principal and thus may amount to a vicarious admission that is exempt from the prohibition against hearsay; i.e., statements of "speaking agents" can be vicarious admissions that are exempt from the hearsay rule -- if the other requirements applicable to this type of vicarious admission are satisfied.

United States v. Reed, 227 F.3d 763, 768 (7th Cir. 2000) (upholding trial court's ruling to admit Simmons's prior testimony because (a) he was unavailable; and (b) "while the second trial initially included charges....The hearsay exception for prior testimony applies in a criminal trial or proceeding only if the prior testimony was given against the person who is now the defendant in the criminal proceeding or trial.

City of Tuscaloosa v. Harcros Chemicals, Inc., 158 F.3d 548, 557-558 (11th Cir. 1998) (holding, in plaintiff Alabama municipal entities' action against defendant chemical companies for fraud and violation of antitrust law, that the trial court....A statement by an agent or an employee who is not authorized to speak on behalf of the agent's principal or the employee's employer may nonetheless be treated as the statement of the principal or the employer and thus as a vicarious admission that is exempt from the prohibition against hearsay; but such a statement can be imputed to the principal or the employer only if the statement, if by an agent, is about a matter within the scope of the agent's agency or, if by an employee, the statement is about a matter within the scope of the employee's employment.

Santa Barbara Capital Mgmt. v. Neilson (In re Slatkin), 525 F.3d 805, 812-813 (9th Cir. 2008) (holding, in plaintiff trustee's adversary proceeding against defendant investors, that the bankruptcy court properly admitted the debtor's plea agreement....The hearsay exception created by Federal Rule of Evidence 807 or a comparable State rule applies only if the the affected statement is evidence of a material fact.