It used to be part of the code of ethics for attorneys that you could not threaten an opposing party with criminal charges to gain an advantage. That general prohibition has been eroded - in particular, where the threatened criminal charge is directly related to the same situation giving rise to the civil claim. If you threaten a business owner with exposure to charges for price fixing in order to get the upper hand in an ADA claim, you're out of bounds; but threatening with law enforcement action related to bias against disabled persons would seem to be technicall acceptable, albeit unsavory in the Steele-Hansmeier implementation.
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