A Suitor Blog

And it's not even that really it's more that everything is so rushed. Like, you have one of the most popular shows on air and you feel the need to give every single character a romantic interest and force it to be acknowledged instead of subtly making it part of the character not the reason behind every action or comment they make. 

That's my particular take as well. I think what they were trying to imply was that when a movie is quoted (although subtly) it is generally cited. This could be in the form of another character mentioning it like how Jessica and Harvey often call each other on their quotes. Or how Donna and Louis test each other's knowledge on various plays. So that the audience is always aware they are making a reference. with radio/television/music you have to tiptoe extremely carefully around all the privacy laws and stuff. And while some things are free to the public like the happy birthday song other things "belong" to someone. It would be unlikely for any consequences to come from quoting someone who i doubt took any effort to "claim" one phrase as their own, although they did mention it was credited to someone else. so you never know.

a lot of suits dialogue is based on references. Mostly to TV or movies (or old phrases) but i could see this happening too. I don't know if it was on purpose or not, as that could easily be a line made up on the spot as most people are aware of both board games. But if it was intentional it was more likely used in terms of a compliment to the original user (which could very well have predated Bird) than  the writer intentionally watching for lines and plot points he could claim as his own. if you try sending a tweet to aaron korsh  he would probably know