Expert Analysis Chapters: 1 Collective Actions in the UK and EU One Year On - Has the Dam Burst Yet? Chris Warren-Smith, Scott Schutte, Peter Sharp & Joanna Christoforou, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 8 International Class Action Settlements in the Netherlands Daan Beenders, Dennis Horeman & Machteld de Monchy, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V. 16 Developments and Trends in Collective Actions Charles Balmain, Matthew Devine, Sonja Hoffmann & Sheldon Philp, White & Case LLP 23 Estimating Harm in Invasion of Privacy and Data Breach Disputes Vildan Altuglu, Vikram Kumar, Vivek Mani & Sinan Corus, Cornerstone Research 29 Monitoring and the Status of Uninjured Plaintiffs in Class Actions Robin Cantor, Andreas Groehn, Shireen Meer & Kelly Lear Nordby, Berkeley Research Group 34 Payment Trends in Class or Collective Claims Loree Kovach & Lauren McGeever, Epiq 37 Uncharted Waters: A Dutch Perspective on the Funding of Mass Claims Quirijn Bongaerts & Joost Edixhoven, Birkway 44 European Class Actions: The Funder's Dilemma Jeremy Marshall, Anna-Maria Quinke & Maarten van Luyn, Omni Bridgeway; Q&A Chapters: 51 Australia Clayton Utz: Colin Loveday & Andrew Morrison 60 Belgium Linklaters LLP: Xavier Taton & Gert-Jan Hendrix 71 China Fangda Partners: Frank Li & Rebecca Lu 80 France Delcade Avocats & Solicitors: Jeremy Bernard Fidal: Jean-Louis Fourgoux & Leyla Djavadi 89 Germany Clifford Chance Partnerschaft mbB: Tim Schreiber & Burkhard Schneider 100 India Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas: Shaneen Parikh & Namita Shetty 109 Japan Mori Hamada & Matsumoto: Masahiro Ueda, Kenta Minamitani, Toshiki Hitaka & Tetsushi Kamimura 118 Netherlands De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek N.V.: Daan Beenders, Dennis Horeman & Machteld de Monchy 126 Switzerland Eversheds Sutherland Ltd.: Peter Haas 134 United Kingdom Pinsent Masons LLP: David Barker & Emilie Jones 143 USA Norton Rose Fulbright: Daniel McClure & Matthew Dekovich