During the bar association gala, the attendees are entertained by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company performing scenes from a play called "The Cow with No Country." Although Steppenwolf is a real (and acclaimed) Chicago theater company, there is no such play as "The Cow with No Country" (although the short pieces included during the gala scene show that it is a parody of the play "War Horse").
The Nobel peace prize is actually awarded in Oslo, Norway, and not in Stockholm, Sweden. So, Joe Kent would not be going to Stockholm to deliver his speech, but to Oslo.
This is an unusual episode in the series in that no scenes are set in a courtroom. Instead, it takes place during one night in the offices of Lockhart Gardner.
This episode about a masseuse leveling sexual abuse accusations at a public figure mirror a real life incident with Al Gore.
Not only did Kelly Bishop and Matt Czuchry, who are both in this episode, star in Gilmore Girls, Edward Herrman, who played Kelly Bishop's character's husband in Gilmore Girls was in the previous episode.