The new theme music this season is a reuse of the theme music from the short-lived spin-off Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005).
This was the first episode broadcast on USA Network.
This episode (Amends) is not only the first episode of season seven, but is the first episode with the new "faster" intro music.
Nicole Wilson plays a nurse in this episode. Previously, in Albatross (2007), she played a reporter.