The complaint was correctly dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction over defendant. Personal jurisdiction cannot be obtained pursuant to CPLR 302(a)(1), because there is an insufficient relationship between defendant's activities within the state, which include the negotiation, promotion, and execution of a merger agreement with nonparty Shire plc, the retention of New York bankers and lawyers to assist with those activities, and the selection of New York law or forums...
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