Putting this particular case aside, and even the details of this rule, IMHO it is best if all parties are as forthright and upfront as possible. Justice moves faster and wastes less public funds when neither side hides their strategy. If you hide a strategy, when it eventually comes out, the other side should have the right to delay the case as long as it takes for them to prepare a proper response to it. And that just delays things far too long.

I can't rule on the particulars of this rule and possibly it's misapplication. I'm making a general statement about how things ought to be.

As for whether Storm should use any legal tricks that benefit him, of course he should. He is not in a position to opine on how justice should operate like I am. His position is a position of defense.