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Sabrina I. Pacifici, Multi-disciplinary Researcher, Law Librarian (MSLIS), KM, Analyst. Law, News, Finance, Intel, GovDocs & Writer, Editor, Publisher, Educator. SME - Legal Research, Financial System and Regulations, Privacy, Civil Liberties, GovDocs, Social Media, Climate.

Solo Editor, Publisher, Founder, Owner - LLRX.com® – the free e-journal on law, technology and research for Librarians, Lawyers, Researchers, Academics, and Journalists. Established in 1996, and published monthly.

Sabrina I. Pacifici is also the solo Researcher/Author/Publisher of beSpacific® - Accurate research and knowledge discovery of documents and resources focused on law, technology, government documents, civil liberties, privacy, justice and emerging technology issues - with a global perspective. Updated daily since 2002 with a searchable database of over 50,000 postings.

See also the beSpacific Mastodon feed updated daily, with unique resources to support effective, timely, focused, subject matter resource sharing.

AI in Finance and Banking, April 15, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Six highlights from this post: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley see their stocks soar as the AI boom fuels big bank; Forecasting the Economic Effects of AI; The new, AI-powered Google Finance is expanding to more than 100 countries; Wall Street Banks Cut 5,000 Jobs Even as They Notched Record Profits; Financial institutions are no longer just managing risk and capital: They are building algorithms, deploying machine learning models; and UNC Charlotte unveils M.S. in Financial Engineering and Fintech to meet rising demand for AI-driven finance talent.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

LLRX March 2026 Issue – Articles and Columns

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 8 – This article by Sabrina I. Pacifici is the eighth in a series with a focus on the continuing onslaught on science, healthcare and public health, and the rule of law. Since the 1990s, the public and …

Subjects: KM

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 8

This article by Sabrina I. Pacifici is the eighth in a series with a focus on the continuing onslaught on science, healthcare and public health, and the rule of law. Since the 1990s, the public and private sectors have mobilized to coordinate, fund, build, expand and sustain one of most vibrant and impactful scientific communities in the world. But in little more than one year, this administration has engaged in a relentless campaign of targeted and sustained attacks against America’s highly interconnected network structure of scientific research and development. The specifics of the dozens of destructive actions taken by this administration have been documented in this series. The overall goal of these articles is to track and identify the magnitude of the loses we have sustained and the damage done to our democracy, economy, the lives of countless Americans who will suffer from the termination of vital research and routine vaccinations, and to our free and fair elections.

Subjects: Economy, Education, Government Resources, Health, Healthcare, KM

AI in Finance and Banking, March 29, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. Five highlights from this post: Artificial Intelligence, Productivity, and the Workforce: Evidence from Corporate Executives; Should you trust AI to manage your money? The finance industry is betting you will; UK Gov – Research and analysis Agentic AI and consumers; AI Agent Goes Rogue, Starts Mining Crypto to Amass Funds; and Watchdog Issues Grim Warning About Letting AI Run Your Life.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, KM

AI in Finance and Banking, March 15, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. Seven highlights from this post: How does AI Distribute the pie? Large Language Models and the Ultimatum Game; AI Meets Fiscal Policy: Mapping Government Spending Actions Across 64 Countries; Anthropic suggests AI might be worse for hedge fund employees than bankers; Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation; Where global economies sit in the AI stack; Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence; and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas – AI is simultaneously aiding and replacing workers, wage data suggest.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 7

This article is the seventh in a series focused on how the second Trump presidency unleashed a causal chain that has rapidly morphed into an extensive continued attack against civil liberties, commerce, government funded programs, research and the rule of law. The attacks quickly escalated beyond the federal sector into the private and non-profit arenas. In alignment with the Project 2025 roadmap cultural, historical and political censorship has made deep inroads into many aspects of American life. Sabrina I. Pacifici continues to identify new as well as expanded examples of administration directed censorship in the public and private sectors, along with the elimination of programs, services and data critical to education, healthcare, the environment, climate science, defense and the economy.

Subjects: Big Data, Civil Liberties, Congress, Economy, Food, Government Resources, Healthcare, Human Rights, Immigration Law, KM, Social Media

LLRX February 2026 Issue

The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health, and the Rule of Law – Part 7 – This article is the seventh in a series focused on how the second Trump presidency unleashed a causal chain that has rapidly morphed into an extensive continued attack against civil liberties, commerce, government funded programs, research …

Subjects: KM

AI in Finance and Banking – February 28, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Five highlights from this post: Firm Data on AI; We present the first representative international data on firm-level AI use; Chaining Tasks, Redefining Work: A Theory of AI Automation; Public Finance in the Age of AI: A Primer; Toward Expert Investment Teams: A Multi-Agent LLM System with Fine-Grained Trading Tasks; and U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance

AI in Finance and Banking, February 15, 2026

This semi-monthly column by Sabrina I. Pacifici highlights news, government documents, NGO/IGO papers, conferences, industry white papers and reports, academic papers and speeches, and central bank actions on the subject of AI’s fast paced impact on the banking and finance sectors. The chronological links provided are to the primary sources, and as available, indicate links to alternate free versions. Five highlights from this post: A.I. and Our Economic Future; The financial stability implications of artificial intelligence and digital finance; Agentic AI In Financial Services: Where To Start And How To Scale?; AI, Opinion Ecosystems, and Finance; and How AI debt financing impacts duration supply and interest rates.

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, Financial System, Legal Research

LLRX January 2026 Issue – Articles and Columns

Attacks against the International Criminal Court: Who cares about victims of atrocity crimes? – The attacks against the ICC are part of a wholesale U.S. assault on international legal norms and institutions since the 20 January 2025 inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Exactly a year later, Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney made a blunt …

Subjects: KM