The general idea behind the overhaul is to establish better-quality patents and to reduce the number of patent lawsuits.

FORBES: Magazine Article

President Thein Sein, a former general, has consolidated power and begun to overhaul governance, press freedom and trade policy.

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The Ryan outline by design does not include specifics other than a general instruction to the Ways and Means Committee to overhaul the corporate tax code and simplify the seven individual brackets into two tiers with a top rate of 25%.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: A Ryan Reboot

The General Medical Council (GMC) has published plans to overhaul its structure in an effort to enable it to deal more effectively with rogue doctors.

BBC: GMC outlines reform plans

Last month, the prime minister indicated he too was worried that ring-fencing could undermine Britain's anaemic economic recovery - and that he might take steps to ensure that any such overhaul of banks would not happen till after the next general election in 2015.

BBC: Separation of retail banks 'will take years'

Huw Vaughan Thomas - the new Auditor General for Wales - described the revelations as "embarrassing" and announced an overhaul of how the public spending watchdog is run.

BBC: Public Accounts Committee

The Obama administration gave General Motors and Chrysler failing grades Monday for their turnaround efforts and promised a sweeping overhaul of the troubled companies.

CNN: General Motors CEO resigns as part of bailout deal