In recent years, scientists have increasingly turned to a form of stem cell that can be derived without killing or harming embryos, a trend that was probably accelerated by the litigation over embryonic stem cells, but they will still need the embryonic cells for many purposes.
Judge Pohl concluded that the Pentagon's order constituted "at least the appearance of, an unlawful attempt to pressure the Military Judge to accelerate the pace of litigation and an improper attempt to usurp judicial discretion".
For weeks, as an accelerating wave of partner defections crippled Dewey & LeBoeuf, the law firm's head of litigation, Jeffrey L. Kessler, insisted that the firm could stay afloat.
This change is accelerating.
But they are accelerating.
If SCO's legal campaign fades, the advance of Linux as a popular alternative to Microsoft as an operating system for computers used in business could accelerate as the threat of litigation recedes.
Successful litigation could help drive Big Oil out of business, accelerate the rise of low-carbon competitors and remove a major source of global emissions things that would make us considerably less screwed when it comes to climate change.
It created the greatest wave of innovation in history and accelerated the ability of people with new ideas to enter the industry without worrying about patents and litigation costs.
