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HITCHED - Philadelphia’s Duane Morris, with 800 lawyers, and Satterlee Stephens, a 65-attorney New York firm, have confirmed plans to merge, anticipating a combination by Feb. 1. Duane Morris chairman Matthew Taylor says the combined entity will have annual gross revenue of at least $530 million, Christine Simmons and Lizzy McLellan report.