I'm 50/50 on this. I think Hardin, as a professional attorney, would immediately email his opponent to do introductions and ask for a small delay to get up to speed.
However I also think Hardin, world's foremost specialist in lolcow law, relentless Greer antagonist, subject of multiple motions to disqualify, briefly a defendant in Greer v Hardin, and recent recipient of a rejected motion on the grounds of "judges believe Greer knows to check his email"... may very well have held off in this one case, to make a point about email checking. I honestly think it's a coin flip.