He has been under house arrest for over 500 days. Will Menaker recently did an interview with him explaining how he was persecuted by the judicial system for winning a court case against a corporation. Here is where to watch: https://ww2.ca2.uscourts.gov/court.html
edit: Donziger's trial started at 10:41 central.
edit: The hearing is over, I'm not sure when the judge will rule.
The result was, and continues to be, one of the worst environmental disasters on the planet. Contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface streams has caused local indigenous and campesino people to suffer a wave of mouth, stomach, and uterine cancer as well as birth defects and spontaneous miscarriages. Chevron has never cleaned up the mess it inherited, and its oil wastes continue to poison the rainforest ecosystem.