>>> The government should provide Apple a list of acceptable, competent attorneys who can do this work and let Apple work out the details.
That seems like it would create an obvious conflict of interest. The attorney in question is responsible for ensuring that Apple is complying with the anti-trust ruling. If Apple could directly choose the attorney, there would be an incentive for the attorney to be lax with ensuring compliance.
True. TBH any arrangement where Apple pays the attorneys directly is weird. The government should have simply hired the attorney and billed Apple instead of having the attorney bill Apple.
That seems like it would create an obvious conflict of interest. The attorney in question is responsible for ensuring that Apple is complying with the anti-trust ruling. If Apple could directly choose the attorney, there would be an incentive for the attorney to be lax with ensuring compliance.