Royalty Network, Inc. v. Harris

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Bernard J. Fried, J.), entered December 22, 2011, which granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The court properly determined that New York does not have jurisdiction over defendant, a Georgia resident. Plaintiff, a New York music publishing corporation, did not make a sufficient showing of conduct by which the nondomiciliary defendant purposefully availed himself of the privilege of transacting business so as to invoke the benefits and protections of New York’s laws (CPLR…