INDIANAPOLIS -- Angie's List has filed suit against Amazon Local and several of its employees, claiming the online deals site used stolen information from Angie's List for its own business.

The 42-page suit filed Friday accused Amazon Local of "unlawfully and unfairly competing" with Angie's List.

"To be clear, Angie's List welcomes the competition, but it expects that its competitors will comply with the law," the suit reads. "Amazon Local has chosen not to devote the necessary time, resources, and effort to compete legitimately with Angie's List."

The Seattle-based company and some employees -- including an assistant sales manager and product launch specialist -- are accused of using their Angie's List memberships to gather information that Amazon Local then used to choose their "handpicked pros," which is a violation of the Angie's List Membership Agreement.

The suit says Angie's List spent "two decades and hundreds of millions of dollars" developing the information that was reportedly stolen.

Among the accusations, Amazon Local is said to have violated the Stored Communication Act and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, and committed breach of contract and computer trespass.

Angie's List released the following statement:

"This information is available to Angie's List customers for personal use -- not for other businesses to use for commercial gain. We welcome competition, but on fair and legal grounds."

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