Mealey's (April 13, 2023, 12:02 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge dismissed without leave to amend two businesses’ lawsuits accusing their insurer of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by denying them coverage for damages caused by the suspension of their operations during government-ordered shutdowns, finding that they “fatally undermined” their argument opposing application of a virus exclusion in the policies by acknowledging that the shutdowns were caused by COVID-19....