Gardere Partner Celeste Yeager Delivering Presentation at FBA Labor & Employment Law Conference

DALLAS, TX, March 07, 2013 (Press-News.org) Partner Celeste R. Yeager, Vice Chair of the Hospitality Industry Team at Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, is slated to deliver an informative presentation at the 5th Bi-Annual Federal Bar Association Labor & Employment Law Conference. The event will be held May 2-3, 2013, at the Westin Hotel in New Orleans.

Ms. Yeager will be co-presenting a program titled "Internal Investigations/HR Audits" at the May 3 session. The importance of conducting internal investigations is increasing in the current heightened regulatory environment, with internal investigations serving as a tool for diagnosing compliance issues and ensuring compliance, remediation purposes, and routine use in litigation and discovery.

In her presentation, Ms. Yeager will cover the roles of parties involved in investigations; the necessary considerations for cases involving securities regulation, insider trading, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and UK Bribery Act, fraud, theft of trade secrets, and other areas; and how to best prepare for issues related to document retention programs and privacy protections.

The conference, which offers an opportunity to network and socialize with colleagues from across the country, will include presentations on other current labor and employment legal issues, including ERISA tips and EEOC enforcement. To register, please visit the FBA Labor & Employment Law Conference website, http://www.fedbar.org/Sections/Labor-Employment-Law-Section/Calendar/5th-Bi-Annual-Labor-Employment-Conference.aspx.

Ms. Yeager also is slated to discuss hiring compliance issues at the 7th Annual National HR in Hospitality Conference & Expo on March 11-13, 2013, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

In addition to her leadership role with Gardere's Hospitality Industry Team, Ms. Yeager chairs the Firm's Immigration and Naturalization Practice and is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group. Ms. Yeager is Board Certified in Labor and Employment law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and she regularly represents employers nationally in all types of employment disputes, including class and collective actions before local, state, and federal administrative agencies and courts.

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, an Am Law 200 firm founded in 1909 and one of the Southwest's largest full-service law firms, has offices in Austin, Dallas, Houston and Mexico City. Gardere provides legal services to private and public companies and individuals in areas of corporate, litigation, energy, tax, real estate, financial services, government affairs, hospitality, intellectual property, labor and employment, and environmental. For more information, contact Dorothy L. Seals at 214.999.4019 or dseals@gardere.com.