Rittenband, the judge's name in the film, is also the name of an actual judge who sat on a number of high profile celebrity court cases, including Roman Polanski's trial in the late seventies.
Eva Green was originally cast as Julie, but dropped out to a scheduling conflict with Dark Shadows (2012). Laetitia Casta was cast in her place.
Brit Marling, who plays Robert Miller's daughter and Chief Investment Officer, has direct experience of the finance world from a summer internship she once undertook at Goldman Sachs Investment Bank.