Three South Florida plaintiffs lawyers are on a list to lead the multidistrict litigation targeting iPhone battery performance, but there's competition from two other teams.

The three teams lined up against Apple Inc. laid out starkly different visions for what the structure of the plaintiffs' team should look like.

U.S. District Judge Edward Davila of the Northern District of California, who is overseeing about 80 class actions claiming Apple intentionally and surreptitiously slowed down older iPhones to nudge consumers to buy newer devices, heard leadership pitches in a courtroom filled with about 40 lawyers and another 10 or so on the phone.