Mealey's (March 5, 2020, 12:01 PM EST) -- MOBILE, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on Feb. 26 denied a motion to reconsider a ruling that a de novo standard of review applied in a dispute over the termination of disability benefits because recent amendments to the Department of Labor (DOL) regulations requiring the insurer to provide the claimant with new evidence that the denial on review was based on governed the claim (Brian McConnell v. American General Life Insurance Co., No. 19-0174, S.D. Ala., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32724)....