frankg,
Most of the legal expenses up to signing the 49'er deal with CX were paid by the AOA.
As far as censorship goes, as a member I asked to see the legal opinions and was shown all of them in the office. No censorship only not making it public and available for CX to see.
As far as lieing goes, I understand the CPU claims affiliation with IFALPA and has had a letter from IFALPA saying its not true and they are not eligible!! But they are probably not guilty of lieing to their members because they are so few.