Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has announced today that the United States has entered into an agreement with the law firm of Steven J. Baum PC, one of the largest volume mortgage foreclosure firms in New York State, that requires the firm to pay $2 million to the United States and to extensively change its practices with respect to mortgage foreclosure actions. The agreement between Baum and the U.S.Click to continue