In a jury trial, the trial judge instructs the jury about the law applicable to the case after the submission of evidence to the jury is finished.

Josephs v. Pacific Bell, 432 F.3d 1006, 1017 (9th Cir. 2005) (holding, in plaintiff employee's action against defendant employer for discrimination, that evidence of statements made during employee's grievance proceeding....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, evidence about settlements and settlement offers and negotiations in civil actions is admissible for a wide variety of purposes; such settlement evidence is admissible whenever it is not offered on a disputed question of the validity of a claim or its amount or to impeach a witness with a prior inconsistent statement or by specific contradiction.

Fed. R. Evid. 408 ("... (b) Permitted uses.--This rule does not require exclusion if the evidence is offered for purposes not prohibited by subdivision (a). Examples of permissible purposes include proving a witness's bias or prejudice; negating a contention of undue delay; and proving an effort to obstruct a criminal investigation or...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.

Crane v. Crest Tankers, Inc., 47 F.3d 292, 296 (8th Cir. 1995) (holding, in plaintiff seaman's action against defendant employer for damages, that the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence the exhibit [which was....There is a hearsay exception for market quotations, directories, or similar published compilations that are generally used and relied upon either by the public or by members of particular occupations.