( September 5, 2025, 10:32 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — After a federal contractor received some $2.76 million of the tax refund of $3,568,706.52 in employee retention credits (ERC) it had originally sued for under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act as a business suffering a significant decline in gross receipts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the contractor amended its complaint to reflect the payments, seek interest at the noncorporate rate and protect its interests with respect to the third party that prepared its taxes....