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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.
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Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 10

This article is the tenth in a series by Sabrina I. Pacifici focused on the Trump administration’s unrelenting policy of attacking science, healthcare, public health, and the rule of law. The cornerstone of this series are topical highlights on hundreds of anti-government actions conducted by this administration, tracked and highlighted as they are implemented by the dozens, each month. The greater goal of the series is to identify the consequences of these actions to shatter the health and welfare of our nation – terms broadly used to encompass our nation’s democracy. Critical government services, data collection and analysis, military promotions, censorship of the media, and governance across all agencies have been been disrupted to maintain one objective – fealty to this president – not the Constitution, the public and the rule of law. Together these articles form an actionable pathfinder to identify the myriad ways the fundamental components of a functioning government structure, legislative, executive, and judicial, with checks and balances preventing any one branch from gaining too much power, have been disrupted and rendered inoperative.

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Education, Healthcare, Legal Research

LLRX June 2026 Issue – Articles and Columns

Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 10. This article is the tenth in a series by Sabrina I. Pacifici focused on the Trump administration’s unrelenting policy of attacking science, healthcare, public health, and the rule of law. The cornerstone of this series are topical highlights on …

Subjects: KM

AI in Finance and Banking, June 30, 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. Seven highlights from this post: The Optimal Use of AI in Financial Regulation; Inside Claude’s rapid expansion across corporate finance; What Real-Time Risk Looks Like. AI enables risk assessment at the speed of the business; Vendor Lock-In and AI: The Risk Banks Aren’t Pricing; The geography of AI firms; I’m the CEO of Goldman Sachs; The AI Job Apocalypse Is Overblown; OpenAI gives Japan banks access to latest model, Japan’s finance minister says; and Do Job Postings Show Early Labor‑Market Effects of AI?

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

AI In Finance and Banking, June 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: Warren’s Warning: Is The AI Boom America’s Next Financial Crisis?; What Investment Data Implies about the AI Transition; AI Financial Advice: Supply, Demand, and Life Cycle Implications; Review into the long-term impact of AI on retail financial services (The Mills Review); Financial Stability Risks Mount as Artificial Intelligence Fuels Cyberattacks; and Banking AI Explainability Is Now a Regulatory Requirement—Are Banks Ready?

Subjects: AI in Banking and Finance, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Legal Research

Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 9

This article is the ninth in a series by Sabrina I. Pacifici focused on the Trump administration’s unrelenting policy of attacking science, healthcare, public health, and the rule of law. The cornerstone of this series are topical highlights on hundreds of anti-government actions conducted by this administration. The greater goal of the series is to identify the consequences of these actions to shatter the health and welfare of our nation – terms broadly used to encompass our nation’s democracy. Together these articles form an actionable pathfinder to identify what must be restored or recreated and relaunched, when we commence the hard work of rebuilding our government.

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Resources, Health, Healthcare, KM, Leadership, Legal Research, Medical Research, United States Law

LLRX May 2026 Issue – Articles and Columns

Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research, Public Health and the Rule of Law – Part 9 – This article is the ninth in a series by Sabrina I. Pacifici focused on the Trump administration’s unrelenting policy of attacking science, healthcare, public health, and the rule of law. The cornerstone of this series are topical highlights …

Subjects: KM

AI in Finance and Banking May 31, 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. Seven highlights from this post: The Optimal Use of AI in Financial Regulation; Inside Claude’s rapid expansion across corporate finance; What Real-Time Risk Looks Like. AI enables risk assessment at the speed of the business; Vendor Lock-In and AI: The Risk Banks Aren’t Pricing; The geography of AI firms; I’m the CEO of Goldman Sachs. The AI Job Apocalypse Is Overblown; and OpenAI gives Japan banks access to latest model, Japan’s finance minister says.

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

AI in Finance and Banking, May 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. Seven highlights from this post: AI Managed Household Portfolios: A Preliminary Report; Climate Risk and AI: Banking’s Next Regulatory Frontier’; The Microstructure of AI Diffusion: Evidence from Firms, Business Functions, and Worker Tasks; Financial Stability Risks Mount as Artificial Intelligence Fuels Cyberattacks; Anthropic deepens finance push with 10 new AI agents for banks, insurers; Global finance watchdog warns over private credit industry fuelling AI boom; and OpenAI launched a new set of personal finance tools in preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the U.S., letting them connect their accounts and ask questions ranging from spending analysis to future financial planning.

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

LLRX April 2026 Issue – Articles and Columns

YIKES! The Bluebook’s Generative AI Is Flawed – Despite its unpopularity and the availability of other citation manuals, The Bluebook remains widely used at many law schools to teach legal citation format to law students, and it is relied on by law reviews and courts. The twenty-second edition of The Bluebook was released in May …

Subjects: KM

AI in Finance and Banking, April 30, 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: Job Cuts Driven By AI Are Rising On Wall Street; The $19.8 Billion Signal: What JPMorgan’s Tech Budget Tells Every Banking CEO; Understanding Firms’ AI Efforts and Their Economic Impact; 51% of U.S. Consumers Expect AI to Replace Financial Advisors; and Bloomberg, the OG of financial data firms, has a potent new AI agent.

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