Johnson & Perkinson Announces Investigation into Potential Legal Claims of Purchasers and/or Holders of The Bear Stearns Compani
March 18 2008 - 1:19PM
PR Newswire (US)
SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson &
Perkinson hereby announces that it is investigating whether current
holders of Bear Stearns Companies Inc. common stock ("Bear Stearns"
or the "Company") [NYSE: BSC]; purchasers of Bear Stearns common
stock on the open market; and or employees who obtained Company
stock through an employee stock option plan, 401(k) plan, or
similar employee retirement plan can recover their losses through
one or more lawsuits that seek(s) redress under the federal
securities laws, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 ("ERISA"), or under state corporate law. Johnson &
Perkinson, a litigation boutique law firm based in South
Burlington, Vermont, has extensive experience prosecuting investor
class actions and actions involving financial fraud. Attorneys
Johnson and Perkinson are both former employees of the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Dedicated to maximizing shareholder
return, members of Johnson & Perkinson have prosecuted complex
class actions alleging breaches of fiduciary duty, securities fraud
or consumer fraud/deception on behalf of employees, investors or
consumers against public companies since 1985, resulting in the
recovery of many hundreds of millions of dollars, and have been
singled out for excellence by various courts. The firm is
litigating, or has recently resolved litigation, as Lead or Co-Lead
Counsel, in ERISA and/or securities class actions against Sprint,
Xerox, Priceline, Wireless Facilities, i2 and Xchange, and serves
on the Executive Committee in the Global Crossing case. If you have
any questions concerning your rights or interests with respect to
these matters, please contact Johnson & Perkinson attorneys
James F. Conway, III or Eben F. Duval toll free at 1-888-459-7855;
via email at ; through our website at http://www.jpclasslaw.com/;
or by mail at Johnson & Perkinson, 1690 Williston Road, P.O.
Box 2305, South Burlington, Vermont 05403. DATASOURCE: Johnson
& Perkinson CONTACT: James F. Conway, III or Eben F. Duval,
+1-888-459-7855, , both of Johnson & Perkinson Web site:
http://www.jpclasslaw.com/
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