on december 21, 2018, ag healey filed an amended complaint to massachusetts v. purdue with 700 redacted sections. purdue pharma had unsuccessfully attempted to prevent documents that were part of the ag's complaint, public. according to "cnn", in a ruling by massachusetts superior court judge janet l. sanders, an "unredacted amended complaint must be publicly released by february 1". in response, purdue pharma filed a motion on january 30 to stay judge sanders' order that "could expose details about one of america's richest families and their connection to the nation's opioid crisis." in the lawsuit, healey said that eight members of the sackler family are "personally responsible" for the deception. she alleges they "micromanaged" a "deceptive sales campaign." on january 31, judge sanders agreed with "the times" and other media organizations, that the entire complaint related to massachusetts v. purdue, should be made public, in spite of purdue's efforts to block the release.