This marks the last appearance of Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet. However, she would later return as her character in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999).
Todd Bissell is based on former American Apparel CEO Dov Charney.
In Access Nation (2002) a similar plot was used when McCoy prosecuted the owner of a cyber investigation company after information it sold to a convicted rapist was used in the murder of a therapist.
Sam Waterston (DA John 'Jack' McCoy) and Ernie Hudson (Frank Gibson) go on to work together on Grace and Frankie (2015) as Sol Bergstein and Jacob 'The Yam Man' respectively.
Tina Benko (Carrie Sands) previously played the role of Sharon Quaid in episode 16.11, Bible Story (2005).