The court properly applied Federal law in determining whether respondent had waived its right to arbitrate under an agreement governed by the Federal Arbitration Act ([FAA] 9 USC § 1 et seq.). When an agreement to arbitrate falls within the scope of the FAA, "[f]ederal law in the terms of the Arbitration Act governs [the] issue [of arbitrability] in either state or federal court" (Moses H. Cone Mem. Hosp. v Mercury Constr. Corp.,
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