The document discusses a forthcoming EU Directive on antitrust damages that is expected to be formally adopted in September or October 2014 and take effect in 2016. It will establish a framework to address issues around access to evidence, time bars, the effect of decisions, joint and several liability, and more in private antitrust damages actions in the EU. It also notes that currently only 25% of EU antitrust decisions have led to follow-on civil damages actions and this directive has huge potential to increase such litigation. Finally, it discusses plaintiffs' perspectives for 2014-2015 in light of these changes, including a potential collective opt-out mechanism in the UK.