Lawsuit filed against Google's Android too vague: US Judge

A judge said she would require consumers suing Google over its Android smartphone operating system to submit more factual details in order for an antitrust lawsuit to proceed, at a time when the internet search company faces increased regulatory pressure. The lawsuit filed earlier this year says Google requires Android handset manufacturers such as Samsung to restrict competing apps like Microsoft’s Bing search, partly by making Google’s own apps the default. Should Freeman ultimately allow the proposed class action to proceed, plaintiffs’ attorneys would be allowed to delve into internal Google emails and contracts with smartphone companies, and could interview Google executives under oath. In court on Thursday, Google attorney John Schmidtlein said the case should be dismissed because plaintiffs had not produced any evidence that handset makers actually wanted to use a different search engine.