1. Set the geographic boundary before choosing stories
A Larkspur practice may serve people in the city, elsewhere in Marin County, or across California. Those are different audiences. A story involving Larkspur may have a different editorial purpose from a Marin County development, a California law change or a statewide appellate decision. The city’s recorded relationship to Marin County gives you a precise starting point for geographic review, but it does not tell you which legal topics residents will search for. Bosseo’s public Legal News description says its system matches stories to a firm’s practice areas and state. That stated scope should be tested against your own service area rather than treated as proof that every local story will be useful.
Recommended approach
Define separate geographic rules for Larkspur, Marin County and California. During consultation, ask how a story is classified when its facts are local but its legal effect is statewide, and decide which locations belong in headlines, explanations and calls to action.
