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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