R. Jason Russell

Morris Nichols received top rankings in the 2026 edition of Legal 500 US, with eleven attorneys recognized for their outstanding work in Delaware corporate and litigation matters.

Morris Nichols serves as the lead debtors’ counsel to solar panel installation company Freedom Forever LLC.

Forty Morris Nichols attorneys were included in The Best Lawyers in America 2026. Four partners were noted as “Lawyer of the Year.”

Morris Nichols received high recognition in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500 United States, earning rankings among leading US law firms for M&A counseling and litigation.

Morris Nichols is lead debtors’ counsel to paper products company Royal Interco LLC and its affiliates in their Chapter 11 cases filed in Delaware on April 8, 2025. The company produces paper goods sold in household-name grocery stores.

Lou Hering and Jason Russell contributed a Practice Note on Delaware Series LLCs to Thomson Reuters Practical Law.

The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2025 edition listing 39 attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 160,000 eligible attorneys.

In the 2024 edition, Morris Nichols again appears in two Legal 500 practice categories for M&A litigation defense and Delaware counsel. Nineteen Morris Nichols attorneys are mentioned in the editorial for their work in M&A litigation and Delaware corporate and commercial law.

Kate Betterly, Jason Russell, and Donna Culver will co-present sessions at the UPPO Annual Conference.

The Best Lawyers in America has released its 2024 edition, listing 39 attorneys from Morris Nichols. The results are based on peer-review evaluations from more than 76,000 eligible attorneys.

The Legal 500 US, a nationwide guide to the foremost law firms in the United States has again ranked Morris Nichols.

While not binding on the Court, the recommendation, if accepted, would allow Delaware to Retain hundreads of millions of dollars in MoneyGram teller checks escheated to it as MoneyGram's state of incorporation.

Morris Nichols was again ranked in The Legal 500 US, a nationwide guide to the foremost law firms in the United States.

Morris Nichols was ranked in The Legal 500 US, a nationwide guide to the foremost law firms in the United States.

Jason Russell will co-facilitate the upcoming UPPO Industry Focus Conference Call for Securities.

Morris Nichols partners, Jason Russell and Jim Honaker, will serve as presenters. Jason will speak on “Recent Developments in Unclaimed Property in Delaware.” Jim will present the session “Recent Statutory Amendments to the DGCL.”

Through the years, alternative entities have evolved in complexity and grown in popularity, particularly limited partnerships (“LPs”) and limited liability companies (“LLCs”).  Morris Nichols attorneys Don Parsons, Jason Russell and Koah Doud contributed a look-back article on alternative entities to the 75th Anniversary edition of The Business Lawyer.

The Delaware Supreme Court recently decided the case of Murfey v. WHC Ventures, LLC, No. 294, 2019 (Del. July 13, 2020), which involved a dispute over whether the plaintiff limited partners were entitled to certain books and records under the partnership agreement in question.

The Legal 500 United States today released its 2020 edition, ranking Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP in its nationwide guide to the foremost law firms in the United States.

Morris Nichols partners Lou Hering, David Harris, and Jason Russell are coauthors of the Bloomberg BNA Corporate Practices Series Portfolio, Limited Liability Companies: Legal Aspects of Organization, Operation, and Dissolution. Morris Nichols attorneys Sean Sullivan and Melanie Young are also acknowledged for their significant contributions.

Wilmington, DE (August 31, 2018) - Delaware Business Times has selected Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP partner R. Jason Russell as one of its “40 Under 40” achievers and innovators in Delaware. The annual DBT40 highlights 40 ambitious, young Delaware professionals who are making a name for themselves through professional excellence and community involvement.

Delaware recently passed amendments to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act that enable a new type of series of an LLC known as a “registered series.” The changes address historical uncertainty among lenders seeking to perfect a security interest with respect to a secured lending transaction involving a series of a Delaware limited liability company as a borrower.

This article addresses a few recent Delaware commercial law developments that are particularly relevant to drafting and interpreting certain provisions in merger agreements, stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements and other transaction documents.

Delaware has furthered its general policy of giving maximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract and to the enforceability of contracts in accordance with their terms by passing legislation that authorizes a statute of limitations of up to 20 years for breach of contract claims. Delaware is the first state to adopt a statute of limitations of this length for breach of contract claims.