This is Compliance Week, not Washington Monthly. Unfortunately, starting this summer, compliance executives across the country will need to avoid political traps as well as regulatory ones. Some powerful political players are beavering to transform key 2006 elections into public referenda on whether the Enron-fueled crackdowns on U.S. corporations have gone too far. And, while elected officials like New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer are the prime targets, the reality is that compliance officials, chief executives, and institutional investors are in danger of being in the line of fire.
