Ed. Note: if you’re new to TURBOFAC, please take note that the text string filtration function generally shouldn’t be used for terms such as “ordinarily resident,” “causing” or “new debt”. For research on the meaning of words and phrases such as those, i.e. terms central to the key legal issues in sanctions law that appear on a cross-programmatic basis, you’re typically better off locating and checking the appropriate box in the “Key Legal Issues” search category, which will limit the results to those that have been manually assessed as being relevant for the interpretation of the terms at issue.
Try typing your search term (“ordinarily resident,” “new debt,” or something else) in the “Find a Search Filter” box at the top of the page, and the corresponding “Key Legal Issues” check box will pop up instantly, if one exists. Once you check the box (e.g. “new debt,” with ~55 results), you can always use the text string filtration function to further refine your search (e.g. by typing “invoice” and narrowing the ~55 results to ~10).
Note in addition that the same applies to text string searches such as “14071” (if you’re looking for items related to EO 14071). By typing “14071” in the “Find a Search Filter” field up top, you will be able to instantly narrow the results down to items manually assessed as relating to EO 14071. Ditto terms such as “515.204” or “Iran General License G” (try the “Discrete Legal Provision” search category).
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Please click "Apply Text String Filters" again after clicking the "Close" button immediately below.
General Note on the Relationship Between OFAC's Regulatory Practices and the “Fair Notice” / “Fair Warning” Requirements of the U.S. Constitution and Administrative Procedure Act
1) OVERVIEW – AGENCY DEFERENCE AND CERTAIN PROCESS-BASED LIMITATIONS THEREON
2) THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF “NOTICE” ON OFAC’S REGULATORY PRACTICES
i) The “Fair Notice” Requirement as an “Invisible Hand” in Enforcement Actions and Regulatory Action in General
3) THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH REFERENCE TO THE FULL RECORD OF OFAC’S “AUTHORITATIVE” OR “OFFICIAL POSITIONS”
i) What “Counts” for “Fair Notice” Purposes
a. FAQs, Advisories and Other Published Guidance Documents.
b. Legal Interpretations Announced in Published Enforcement Release Web Posts and Settlement Agreements
c. Positions Taken by OFAC, or the DOJ Representing OFAC, in Litigation
d. Unpublished Private Interpretive Guidance Letters
e. Unwritten Statements Made by OFAC and/or Other Treasury Officials in Speeches and in Private, Including the “OFAC Hotline”
ii) ...