Small businesses are often those who open shop in older buildings that don't meet today's ADA standards. With that, more prevalent in recent years, has been a string of ADA lawsuits demanding that businesses perform huge amounts of work to their properties in order to remain open.
There's some good news on the horizon though. The Minnesota legislature has passed a bill making frivolous law suits tougher to file, an effort to help protect our vibrant small business communities. Read more at: http://www.twincities.com/2016/05/30/new-minnesota-law-targets-what-critics-call-excessive-ada-lawsuits/