1. Define the geographic brief before reviewing stories
Bosseo’s public Legal News description says its monitoring is matched to a firm’s practice areas and state. The available location record identifies Clinton as a municipal town in Connecticut and places it in the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. Those facts help establish the geographic terms that should be reviewed; they do not establish that every story involving Clinton, the planning region, or Connecticut is relevant to a Clinton firm. A firm may serve clients beyond the town, while a statewide story may matter even when it does not mention Clinton. The right question is not whether a story is “local” in the abstract. It is whether the story creates a legal question for people the firm actually serves.
Recommended approach
Write down the firm’s service geography, practice areas, and exclusions before evaluating Legal News. Ask how Connecticut-wide developments would be distinguished from items tied to Clinton or the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. Review whether proposed coverage would be useful to the firm’s clients rather than merely carrying a local place name.
