<i>Suffice it to say the journal was sent a letter from an attorney and numerous other legal threats were made/implied against the journal, invoking a range [of] dubious legal rationales including HIPAA [the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act].</i><p>What about the other legal claims, starting with obvious plagiarism? As noted in TFA, the journal (Cureus) had 16 prior retractions <i>this year</i>.<p>One thing I've learned when dealing with ethically compromised or unresponsive organizations is credible legal notices or filings get noticed and acted upon. In this case, the legal notice did what it was supposed to do - get the plagiarized article retracted almost immediately.