Terra Extraneus

"Commentary on the law and the practice of law by an attorney and a journalist/paralegal. Our legal interests lie especially in commercial litigation, with particular attention in insurance, securities and other investments, employment, environmental and intellectual property."

Author: Rodney J. Heggy is the director of Heggy & Associates in Oklahoma City and of counsel with Federman & Sherwood, which has offices in Oklahoma City and Dallas. Terry Hull is a paralegal for Federman & Sherwood in Oklahoma City.

Blawg Related Categories: Environmental Law • Insurance Law • Labor & Employment • Securities Law • Trials & Litigation • Juries • 10th Circuit Court • States • Oklahoma • Paralegal • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Terra Extraneus

Maybe They Wised Up?!
Investment News writer Darla Mercado reported that fixed and variable annuity sales by banks fells 4% in April and that for the third consecutive month, fixed annuities out sold variable. She quoted Jackson National…
Post No. 92 and Holding the Lead
I encourage you to take a look at our Top Ten page. On that page, Rod Heggy and I have listed our favorite blog posts, ten for each of us. I had not updated…
Buying a Business – Franchise Risks
For many years, every kid I knew that did not go to college was somehow located and drafted by some pyramid or outside sales company. They were each eager to make their initial presentations…
HBO’s “JOHN ADAMS”John Adams: Great and Grating, or Ordinary and Likeable?
Arrogant, contentious, vain, verbose, bookish, boorish, strident, cantankerous. Sound like anyone you know? Those are a few of the less complimentary descriptions that have been made about founding father and second president, John Adams.…
Book Review – Arbitration Road Map – Where’s the Book?
The State Bar of Texas, I guess, will publish absolutely anything. In this instance, the State Bar of Texas published a pamphlet, called it a book, and stuck in a CD to try and…
HBO’S “JOHN ADAMS”Depriving Basic Human Rights Leads to Acts of Terror, Revolution
I have been enjoying the HBO mini-series “John Adams” since it was released on DVD June 10. Parts of the film are quite entertaining, even riveting; some segments are a bit more tedious. That…
Book Review – The Invincible Iron Man
Unlike other professions, lawyers are often known more by their passions and hobbies than by their law practice. For example, most lawyers that claim to be undefeated in litigation maintain that claim by dumping…
Credentials Marketing Limitations – FINRA Still Missed the Mark
One of my earlier experiences with advertising material regulation was the time the NASD refused to approve an advertisement by a registered representative that contained a cartoon with a caption that read “We put…
Book Review-The Believer’s Guide to Legal Issues
Stephen Bloom’s new book, The Believers Guide to Legal Issues (2008, Living Ink Books), is mis-titled. While the book is very generally about legal issues, it is more of a consumer protection guide for…
The Next Wave – What Will It Be?
As an Oklahoma based trial lawyer, I do not have the luxury of a continuous stream of cases all in the same genre or even area of law. Largely originating on one of the…