On Thursday 14 April the European Parliament gave the green light to the controversial Directive on trade secrets. The text seeks to combat industrial espionage and protect employed workers but it says nothing about those who reveal information about their former employers. The same day, MEPs also adopted new personal data protection rules.
Threats made by the law firm Mossack Fonseca (of Panama Papers scandal fame) to drag the media through the courts had no effect on the vote by MEPs over the Trade Secrets Directive, which had achieved an informal agreement by the Council of Ministers at the end of 2015.
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