Catherine worked as a summer research assistant to Pamela Samuelson and as a legal adviser in an American law firm in Brussels. She has also held different positions in European institutions (the European Parliament and the European Central Bank) and for the past three years has worked as a European lobbyist in finance.

Since 2007, Catherine has also been a member of the team of national reporters for the Kluwer European Copyright Database, edited by IViR.

As a researcher at IViR, Catherine is working on a research project relating to the duties of care of Internet Service Providers.
 

Creative Commons licences and design: Are the two compatible?, JIPITEC, 2011-2, p. 131-142.

28.09.2011

(with N.A.N.M. van Eijk, T.M. van Engers (Leibniz Center for Law), C. Wiersma and W. Abel) Moving Towards Balance: A study into duties of care on the Internet, WODC / University of Amsterdam, 2010, 125 p.

Commissioned by the WODC (Research and Documentation Centre of the Ministry of Security and Justice), research has been conducted on duties of care on the Internet, more specifically from the perspective of Internet service providers. The situation in four countries - the Netherlands, the UK, Germany and France - was researched. The (self-)regulation with respect to five separate themes (Internet security and safety, child pornography, copyright, identity fraud and the trade in stolen goods through Internet platforms) was identified. In addition to this, a significant number of interviews with stakeholders were conducted.

09.11.2010

Updated 28.09.2011