1. Match breaking stories to the firm’s actual practice areas
Bosseo’s public Legal News description says its NewsFeed monitors more than 2,800 local and national legal-news sources, re-scans every 15 minutes, and matches stories against a firm’s practice areas and state. For a Lake Holiday firm, that distinction matters because Lake Holiday is a CDP within LaSalle County, while the product description speaks in terms of statewide coverage. A story relevant to Illinois may not be relevant to a firm serving people in or around LaSalle County, and a local incident may raise questions outside the matters the firm accepts.
Recommended approach
Use the consultation to define the matters that qualify for review and the geographic relationship that makes a story useful. Ask whether the intended coverage should focus on Lake Holiday, LaSalle County, Illinois, or a wider service area. Do not treat the population estimate as proof that any particular practice area has an audience. Instead, set a review question for each proposed topic: does this development create a question your firm is prepared and permitted to answer?
