1. Set the geographic boundary before choosing stories
The relevant local relationship is specific: West Carrollton is recorded as a city in Montgomery County, Ohio. A firm serving West Carrollton may therefore need to distinguish city-focused matters from countywide, regional or statewide Ohio developments. Bosseo’s public Legal News description says its service matches stories to a firm’s practice areas and state, and describes monitoring across local and national legal-news sources for that state. That is broader than a promise of West Carrollton-only coverage. The firm should decide whether a useful page would address an event in West Carrollton, a Montgomery County development, or an Ohio rule or decision that affects local clients. Population cannot answer that question.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to demonstrate how geographic relevance would be reviewed for a West Carrollton practice. Approve a coverage policy that names acceptable Ohio, Montgomery County and West Carrollton relationships, and reject pages that mention the city only as a keyword without explaining why the story matters to people the firm serves.
