Bobby Flay appears as a fictional chef in this episode. At the time this episode aired, Flay was married to Stephanie March, who plays A.D.A. Alexandra Cabot.
This story is loosely based off of Roald Dahl's "My Uncle Oswald".
Electroejaculation, a process described in the episode when used for the crimes discovered, is a breeding procedure used on livestock, where a probe rectally penetrates the animal and a shock then triggers an orgasm for sperm to be collected for insemination.
They were able to charge McManus with stealing sperm, but in the episodes Waste (2002) and Birthright (2004), they were unable to charge doctors with stealing women's eggs because 'body parts have no monetary value'. If that holds true for eggs, then it should also hold true for sperm. (This can be explained by Olivia asking the woman how much she paid for the sperm. Since the woman paid a specific amount of money, it gave the sperm a specific price. The eggs, on the other hand, were removed to perform a procedure and all costs involved were placed on the procedure, not the eggs themselves).