Comment / Fine print, hard landings: legal headaches to stalk logistics in '26

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Lawyers like to say risk lives in the small print.

In 2026, in‑house counsel in transport and logistics will find it living in sanctions lists; ESG annexes; cyber‑incident playbooks; and union calendars long before anyone opens a contract.

For Premium readers, the coming year is less about discovering new threats than about a series of slow‑burn trends finally hitting the operations‑and‑liability line at the same time. In a nutshell, here are five that in‑house teams can’t treat as “back‑burner” any longer, with ...