Banco Bilbao Quashes Subpoena in Cuban Terror Suit

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. doesn’t have to provide information about Cuban assets sought by a man whose father was allegedly killed by the Cuban government, a federal appeals court ruled Aug. 14 (Vera v. The Republic of Cuba, 2017 BL 282990, 2d Cir., No. 16-1227, 8/14/17).

Aldo Vera Jr. served the bank with a subpoena as part of an attempt to enforce a district court’s default judgment against Cuba, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said.

But the district court didn’t have jurisdiction to enter that judgment, the decision by Judge Richard C. Wesley ...